Abstract
Due to climate change the frequency and intensity of extreme rainfall events,
which contribute to urban flooding, are expected to increase in many places.
These floods can damage transport infrastructure and disrupt mobility,
highlighting the need for cities to adapt to escalating risks. Reinforcement
learning (RL) serves as a powerful tool for uncovering optimal adaptation
strategies, determining how and where to deploy adaptation measures
effectively, even under significant uncertainty. In this study, we leverage RL
to identify the most effective timing and locations for implementing measures,
aiming to reduce both direct and indirect impacts of flooding. Our framework
integrates climate change projections of future rainfall events and floods,
models city-wide motorized trips, and quantifies direct and indirect impacts on
infrastructure and mobility. Preliminary results suggest that our RL-based
approach can significantly enhance decision-making by prioritizing
interventions in specific urban areas and identifying the optimal periods for
their implementation. Our framework is publicly available:
\url{https://github.com/MLSM-at-DTU/floods_transport_rl}.
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pereira2024climate