Abstract
Abstract
Remote sensing can be an effective tool for providing early warning of deformations that are difficult or impossible to detect with visual inspections, and can allow infrastructure owners and operators to prioritize key areas for maintenance and assist in more rapid recovery from incidents that cause service interruptions. Canadian Port Authorities (CPAs) do not currently use remote sensing techniques to assess the condition of critical infrastructure despite their application to similar operations such as bridges, pipelines, and dams. Interviews with key informants indicate that there are no technical or scientific barriers to using remote sensing to assess port conditions, and that while the presence of heterogeneous materials and surfaces, restricted air space, and a complex web of interconnected port partners and tenants complicates its use, these are surmountable. Instead, interviews suggest that the primary barrier stopping CPAs from implementing remote sensing is that there is no system-wide formal chain of responsibility and authority and a lack of public sector agency leadership resulting from the commonly used “landlord model” for port operations, which generates fragmented stakeholder interests and inhibits collaboration. Given the emerging challenges of aging infrastructure, climate change-related impacts, and the demands of system-wide business continuity, we argue that a private and public sector collaborative pilot project is needed to test the feasibility of adopting remote sensing for port infrastructure assessment.
Publisher
Research Square Platform LLC
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