Daily Junction.mobi portal<p>The better approach is risk-based adaptation: build appropriate resilience into new infrastructure from the outset, and for the existing network, identify the specific sections where future climate creates unacceptable risk and progressively retrofit those. That might mean improving ballast resistance, drainage, embankment stability, monitoring or thermal management, depending on what the local vulnerability actually is.<!-- Below is The Conversation's page counter tag. Please DO NOT REMOVE. --><img src="https://counter.theconversation.com/content/289905/count.gif?distributor=republish-lightbox-basic" alt="The Conversation" width="1" height="1" style="border: none !important; box-shadow: none !important; margin: 0 !important; max-height: 1px !important; max-width: 1px !important; min-height: 1px !important; min-width: 1px !important; opacity: 0 !important; outline: none !important; padding: 0 !important" referrerpolicy="no-referrer-when-downgrade" /><!-- End of code. If you don't see any code above, please get new code from the Advanced tab after you click the republish button. The page counter does not collect any personal data. More info: https://theconversation.com/republishing-guidelines --></p>
<p><span><a href="https://theconversation.com/profiles/xueyu-geng-2758070">Xueyu Geng</a>, Professor in Ground Engineering, <em><a href="https://theconversation.com/institutions/university-of-warwick-1238">University of Warwick</a></em></span></p>
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