Porto Alegre's Metropolitan Region Road Circulation Network Vulnerability Analysis - Floods of 2024

The Porto Alegre's Metropolitan Region Road Circulation Network Vulnerability Analysis - Floods of 2024 is a technical note prepared in an emergency-response context to evaluate the main disruption points and vulnerabilities in terms of movement within the road-circulation networks of Porto Alegre’s, Grande Porto Alegre’s, and Vale dos Sinos regions, affected by severe floodings from May 2nd, 2024. Recommendations for short-term (1-5 days) and medium-term (10-20 days) were produced based on the comparative analysis between the road-network systems under normal conditions and the compromised access ways due to the flooding.

Initial Release Date: May 16th, 2024 at 12pm, Porto Alegre, Brazil
V1.1. Update Release Date: June 5th. 2024 (current)

This work is made possible by a collaboration between the Cardiff University/Prifysgol Caerdydd - Welsh School of Architecture and the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) -  Instituto de Pesquisas Hidráulicas (IPH)/ GESPLA Grupo de pesquisa em Planejamento e Gestão de Recursos Hídricos.

This is an ongoing effort.

How to cite:

Simplified citation (for news reports):

Altafini, et al, 2024. Porto Alegre's Metropolitan Region Road Circulation Network Vulnerability Analysis - Floods of 2024 [Technical Note]. Zenodo. https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.11486082

Full citation (for academic references):

Altafini, D; Pezzica, C; Bleil de Souza, C; Dalcin, A; Marques, G. 2024. Porto Alegre's Metropolitan Region Road Circulation Network Vulnerability Analysis - Floods of 2024 [Technical Note]. Zenodo. https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.11486082

Notes:

The V1.0 of this technical note, diffused for the public authorities in 16-05-2024, and originally published in 17-05-2024 (in portuguese), is available at: Análise de vulnerabilidade do sistema viário de Porto Alegre e Região Metropolitana: Cheia de 2024 – GESPLA (ufrgs.br)