In Practice: Delivery of sustainable infrastructure services
Investing in infrastructure for an uncertain future is one of the major challenges for governments, policymakers, urban planners and international bodies. Climate change, population growth, emerging technologies and resource shortages has made effective infrastructure planning for a turbulent world a key focus for decades to come.
Using our innovative modelling system-of-systems approach, we help decision-makers analyse long-term strategies and make informed investment decisions.
At the core of our work is analysis of:
- the interdependencies of national and international infrastructure to provide an overall assessment, and
- understanding risk, vulnerabilities and resilience of interdependent networked infrastructure.
USE CASES
Transport Risk Analysis for The United Republic of Tanzania – Systemic vulnerability assessment of multi-modal transport networks
Researchers expose how climate change will impact Tanzania’s transport systems with knock-on risks for the economy and access to basic services. read more
UNOPS: Planning for future infrastructure needs for the people of Palestine
The Infrastructure Transitions Research Consortium (ITRC) is working with the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) to help the people of Palestine to more easily plan the ... read more
RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS
Dr Elco Koks wins prestigious Veni grant, funded by the Dutch Research Council (NWO)
ITRC Researcher Dr Elco Koks has been awarded a prestigious Veni grant, funded by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). The Veni is a 250,000 Euro research grant, targeted at outstanding researchers ... read more
Interdependencies in infrastructure systems-of-systems
Infrastructure networks have been designed and evolved as sector-specific entities: electricity, gas, road, rail, digital communications and so on. They inevitably have interdependencies between ... read more
Using system-of-systems modelling and simulation to inform sustainable infrastructure choices
Abstract Any civilisation depends upon infrastructure systems including water, energy and transportation. Mature economies have to cope with ageing infrastructure assets, whilst emerging ... read more
Pioneering 5G research underpins digital infrastructure investment strategies
Dr Edward Oughton gives an insight into ITRC research which will allow the telecoms industry and governments to make better investment decisions around 5G Why is 5G so important for consumers and read more
PopNation predicts household distribution to incredible level of detail
PopNation is a projection of people and households at a high spatial resolution to model, analyse and understand infrastructure demand. Before this development, the highest resolution information read more
Building a new future for infrastructure with ITRC
Until recently planning infrastructure projects in a joined up way was not possible due to the size of the datasets and number of data providers involved. Infrastructure is at the heart of the UK read more