introduction to the uk infrastructure transitions research consortium (itrc)
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Introduction to the UK Infrastructure Transitions Research Consortium
(ITRC)
Mr David AldersonNewcastle University
3rd August 2012
Overview
• What is the Infrastructure Transitions Research Consortium (ITRC)?• Aims and objectives
• Who is involved in the consortium?• Research institutions• Partners and stakeholders
• How is the research organised?• Work streams• Work stream integration at Newcastle
• How can I find out more information?www.itrc.org.uk
ITRC Aim and Ambition
Aim: To develop and demonstrate a new generation of simulation models and tools to inform the analysis, planning and design of national infrastructure
Challenges:• Analysing the long term state of NI systems
• Uncertainties e.g. in demand, economic conditions, costs, performance
• The complexity of multiple governance arrangements and projects
• The capacity of UK industry to compete in globalised markets for infrastructure services
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Research institutions
Lead Universities
• University of Oxford
• Newcastle University
• Cardiff University
• University of Leeds
• University of Southampton
• University of Sussex
• University of Cambridge
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Support Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
Programme Grant £4.7 million
University contributions £1 million
Industry contributions £1.6 million
Over 40 partners in industry and government:
• Government departments, agencies and local authorities
• Utility companies
• Engineering and multi-disciplinary consultants
• Contractors
• Insurers
• Research organisations and data providers
• Engineering institutions
• NGOs
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Partners and stakeholders
ITRC Work Stream Overview
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Work stream 1
• Balancing infrastructure capacity and demand under uncertainty
• Capacity and demand modules (CDAM) being developed across key national infrastructure sectors:
• Energy demand (Oxford)• Energy capacity (Cardiff)• Transport (Southampton)• Water/Wastewater (Newcastle)• Solid waste (Southampton)
• ICT handled separately (Newcastle)
• Integration framework being developed (Newcastle)
• Projections for demographics and economics (Leeds and Cambridge)
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Work Stream 1 and 4 Integration Newcastle
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Work Stream 1 and 4 Integration - Tools
NetCDF
Population (Leeds)
Economics (Cambridge)
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Work stream 2
• Understanding future risks of infrastructure failure
• Consideration of impacts of natural hazards e.g.• Flooding• Subsidence• Climate
• Interdependencies between different networks e.g. links between water and electricity
• Construction of key national infrastructure networks • Custom, open-source, interdependency
database schema
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Extreme hazard analysis
NI vulnerability evaluation
WS2 risk analysis framework
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Interdependent networks
Extreme climate hazard
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Failure propagation
NI risk evaluation
Output loss Interdependent loss
NI NI
Uncertain & temporal
Resilience options
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Indirect effects
Work stream 3
• Managing infrastructure as a complex adaptive system
• Explore long term interactions between infrastructure, society and the economy
• Understanding the evolutionary process of infrastructure
• Network dynamics to understand how networks will evolve through time
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Work stream 4
• Enabling Tools
• Development of National Infrastructure Asset Database at Newcastle
• For researchers, for dissemination, for industry• Reporting infrastructure performance indicators
related to outcomes of WS1• Visualisation of networks from WS2• Interrogation of underlying data• Tools to generate dissemination outputs
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National Infrastructure Database - Newcastle
ITRCPopulation
ITRCEconomics
ITRCEnergy
ITRCHazards
ITRCWater
ITRCTransport
ITRCWaste
ITRC spatial database comprises of 100’s
layers organised into separate databases by
sector.
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National Infrastructure Asset Database Network Examples
Gas Transmission Electricity TransmissionRegional Electricity Distribution
OS Strategi Roads OS Strategi Rail
Network Interdependency
Database (PostGIS)
NetworkX
Work stream 5
• Developing integrated strategies for transitions in National Infrastructure systems
• Facilitating delivery of results to industry and policy makers
• 3 phase co-production cycle• Phase 1: “A fast track analysis of strategies for
infrastructure provision in Great Britain”• Phase 2: Quantified analysis report (end of yr 3)• Phase 3: Extension of phase 2 further using
methods and tools developed within yr 4/5
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Work Stream 5: Year 1 Fast Track Analysis
Report contents• Sectoral reviews• Demand impacts of growth scenarios• Performance assessment of transition strategies
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Links
ITRC Newsletter:
http://www.itrc.org.uk/news/newsletters/subscribe-to
itrc-newsletter/
Fast Track Analysis Executive Summary Report:
http://www.itrc.org.uk/outputs/fta/
EPSRC ITRC Programme Grant:
http://gow.epsrc.ac.uk/NGBOViewGrant.aspx?GrantRe
=EP/I01344X/2
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Contact
Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/ukitrc/
Email: [email protected]
Project Manager (Benjamin Kidd):
Principal Investigator (Jim Hall):
Stakeholder Champion (Roger Street):
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