Development, calibration, and integration of physical and socioeconomic vulnerability functions for road infrastructure within the framework of the BSA 2.0 tool

Project description

In response, through this project Climate Lead Group will develop, calibrate, and integrate a set of physical and socioeconomic vulnerability functions for the road infrastructure of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Panama, so that they can be used directly within the IDB's BSA 2.0 tool. To achieve this, CLG will combine the judgment of expert professionals from each country with regional validation processes, translating that knowledge into technical functions that estimate expected damages and service-disruption losses across different hazards. The project is expected to strengthen countries' capacity to make better-informed, resilience-oriented investment decisions, helping to make road networks safer and more reliable, to protect connectivity and the economy against climate events, and to advance climate change adaptation grounded in regional evidence.