Transcript Introduction to the UK Infrastructure Transitions Research

Introduction to the UK Infrastructure
Transitions Research Consortium
(ITRC)
Mr David Alderson
Newcastle University
19th July 2013
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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Partners and stakeholders
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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Expert Advisory Group (EAG)
• Colin Harris (Chair – independent)
• Rosemary Albinson (BP)
• Garry Bowditch (SMART Infrastructure Facility)
• Theresa Brown (Sandia National Laboratories)
• Stephane Hallegatte (WorldBank, CIRED)
• Geoffrey Hewings (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
• Margot Weijnen (TU Delft)
• Marie-Pierre Whaley (Northumbrian Water)
• Christopher White (EPSRC, LWEC)
ITRC Work Streams
• Fast Track Analysis release – January 2013 (cycle 1)
• Mid-Term Review – July 2013 (cycle 2 to be delivered
January 2014)
• Final report – Autumn 2015 (cycle 3)
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National Infrastructure Database - Newcastle
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Hazards
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Population
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Economics
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Water
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Energy
ITRC spatial database
comprises of 100’s
layers organised into
separate databases by
sector.
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Transport
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Waste
Network Database Schema
• Store, model, represent and analyse various regional and nationalPython wrapper
scale spatial networks
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Robust storage solution for multi-scale data and networks
Attributed networks
Represent dependencies
Access to graph-theory based analyses and tools
Failure analysis
Ordnance Survey
Meridian Rail Network
3941 Nodes, 4434 Edges
Spatial
database
nx_pg
nx_pgnet
NetworkX
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Some network visualisation tools…
Geographic view linked to topological view on the web (above)
View complex networks and
their behaviour as failure models
are applied, in real-time (above
and right)
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Work Stream 1 and 4 Integration
Newcastle
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Some WS1/4 tools…
WS1 Demographics Data Viewer:
• view data from multiple scenarios
- different levels of
attractors/detractors
• view UK-wide or disaggregated
population pyramids
- disaggregated to government office
regions / local area districts
• projections extend to 2100
WS1 Economics Data Viewer:
• view data from multiple scenarios
- 72 scenarios, different levels of
population, world economic growth,
fossil fuel price
• view maps, charts/plots, time series