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Editors: R M Galbraith (Jacobs Babtie) D J Price (Jacobs Babtie) L Shackman (Scottish Executive)
ISBN 0 7559 4652 9

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CONTENTS

MINISTERIAL FOREWORD
REPORT AUTHORS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background
1.2 Terms of Reference
1.3 Report Structure
2 STUDY METHODOLOGY
2.1 Study Stages
2.2 Analysis of Weather Event Implications
2.3 Identification of Predicted Trends in Climate Change in Weather Event Categories
2.4 Evaluation of Predicted Trends in Terms of Impact on the Road Network
2.5 Climate Change Models Used in this Study
3 HISTORICAL CONTEXT
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Temperature
3.3 Rain
3.4 Snow and Ice
3.5 Wind
3.6 Fog
3.7 Coastal Flooding
3.8 Summary of Weather Events and their Impact on the Design and Operation of the Road Network
4 PREDICTED TRENDS IN CLIMATE CHANGE
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Temperature
4.3 Rain
4.4 Snow
4.5 Wind
4.6 Fog
4.7 Coastal Flooding
4.8 Analysis of Available and Further Climate Change Information Required by this Study
5 ROAD IMPACTS AND NETWORK MANAGEMENT ISSUES
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Temperature
5.3 Rain
5.4 Snow
5.5 Wind
5.6 Fog
5.7 Coastal Flooding
5.8 Road User Behaviour
6 RECOMMENDATIONS
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Priority Recommendations
6.3 Other Recommendations
7 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

APPENDICES
APPENDIX A - GLOSSARY
APPENDIX B - UKCIP02 2020's CLIMATE CHANGE PREDICTIONS
APPENDIX C - BIBLIOGRAPHY AND REFERENCES

Photographs:
Left: Coastal Damage in South Uist, 2005. Photograph courtesy Mr D I Caimbeul. Centre: River flooding affecting the A82 at Drumnadrochit, 1993. Photograph courtesy Glen Urquhart Land use Partnership/ BEAR Scotland Ltd. Right: Snow clearance operations. Photograph courtesy of BEAR Scotland Ltd.

Electronic copies of this report may be obtained from the Scottish Executive web site ( www.scotland.gov.uk).

The views expressed in this report are those of the Editors andAuthors and do not necessarily represent those of the Departmentor Scottish Ministers.

The Scottish Executive and Astron would like to point out that some of the images in this document are of a poorer quality than would normally appear in their documents. This is because some photographs were taken on digital cameras, mobile phonecameras and/or in difficult conditions. In addition, some of the graphs and images used have been necessarily downloaded from websites at low resolutions which are of a poor reproductive quality when printed.

© Crown Copyright 2005. Except as otherwise stated.Limited extracts from the text may be reproduced provided the source is acknowledged. For more extensive reproduction, please write to the Chief Road Engineer, Scottish Executive, Victoria Quay, Edinburgh,EH6 6QQ.

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