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Author : Bunce, C.M.; Martin, C.D.; and Abbott, B.
Date : 2005.
Title : An overview of the Canadian Railway Ground Hazard Research Program.
Publication : Landslide Risk Management: Proceedings of the International Conference on Landslide Risk Management, Vancouver. Edited by: Hungr, O.; Fell, R.; Couture, R.; and Eberhardt, E. Leiden: A.A. Balkema.
Issue :
Page(s) : Paper on CD.
Abstract
Canadian railways are exposed to various ground hazards because of the diverse geographic regions of the country. These ground hazards cause a significant annual loss to the railway industry. The Railway Ground Hazard Research Program was created to progress the state of ground hazard management within the Canadian railway industry. Over the life of the program the following initiatives will be addressed: establish a database of railway ground hazard locations and failures; examine the causal analysis of ground hazard failures; develop a ground hazard classification system; develop GIS-based models for evaluating ground haz-ard events; develop ground hazard mapping methods for railway corridors; assess severe weather trigger lev-els; develop decision support tools for mitigating risk from ground hazards; and evaluate ground hazard detec-tion technology.
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