@article{10902/36493,
year = {2025},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10902/36493},
abstract = {Critical infrastructures are potentially exposed elements to climate impacts, which implies consequences beyond the purely physical dimension, in the economic and social spheres. This study presents a multi-risk approach based on indicators that assesses multiple climate-related hazards, as well as the multiple dimensions of exposure and vulnerability, with European availability, under various climate change scenarios and time horizons. Based on this approach, an archetype-based critical infrastructure classification is proposed, which serves as a framework for designing adaptation strategies for these infrastructures. These archetypes facilitate the characterization of the different risk components ?hazard, exposure, and vulnerability?individually, while maintaining a holistic perspective. Statistical and machine learning techniques are applied to the identification of patterns in the indicators defining the dimensions of risk and that characterize the risk archetypes. As a case study, this methodology is applied to airport infrastructures across Europe, resulting in an archetype-based classification that identifies 23 climate risk archetypes for European airports. The resulting archetypes not only enable the identification of analogous airports from a climate risk perspective but also highlight the primary sources of risk, serving as a valuable guide for adaptation decision-making.},
organization = {This research was partially supported by the Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación through the grant COASTALfutures (PDI2021-126506OB-100) and the ThinkInAzul programme (with funding from European Union NextGenerationEU/PRTR-C17.I1 and the Comunidad de Cantabria) and by the Comunidad de Cantabria through the FENIX Project (GFLOOD).},
publisher = {Elsevier},
publisher = {Climate Risk Management, 2025, 48, 100717},
title = {Risk archetypes for European airports: moving towards climate change adaptation},
author = {Barrios Crespo, Esther and Torres Ortega, Saúl and Díaz Simal, Pedro},
}