Disaster and Climate-ResilientTransport Guidance Note © 2025. The World Bank1818 H Street NW, Washington, D.C., 20433, USATelephone: +1-202-473-1000; Internet: www.worldbank.orgInternet:https://www.worldbank.org/transportStandard disclaimerThis work is a product of the staff of The International Bank of Reconstruction and Development/World Bank. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this work do not necessarilyreflect the views of Executive Directors of the World Bank or the governments they represent.TheWorld Bank does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this work. The boundaries,colors, denominations, and other information shown on any map in this work do not imply anyjudgment on the part of the World Bank concerning the legal status of any territory or theendorsement or acceptance of such boundaries.This work is available under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 IGO license (CC BY 3.0 IGO)http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo. Under the Creative Commons Attribution license,you are free to copy, distribute, transmit, and adapt this work, including for noncommercialpurposes, under the following conditions:AttributionKeou, O. et al. (2025). Disaster and Climate-Resilient Transport Guidance Note, DC: World Bank,License: Creative Commons Attribution CC by 3.0.TranslationsIf you create a translation of this work, please add the following disclaimer along with the attribution:This translation was not created by the Transport unit or the World Bank and should not beconsidered an official World Bank translation. Transport and the World Bank shall not be liable forany content or error in this translation.AdaptationsIf you create an adaptation of this work, please add the following disclaimer along with theattribution: This is an adaptation of an original work by the World Bank. Views and opinionsexpressed in the adaptation are the sole responsibility of the author or authors of the adaptationand are not endorsed by the World Bank.Copyright statementThe material in this publication is copyrighted. Copying and/or transmitting portions or all ofthis work without permission may be a violation of applicable law. The International Bank forReconstruction and Development/The World Bank encourages dissemination of its work and willnormally grant permission to reproduce portions of the work promptly. Table of contentsForeword.........................................................................................................................................................viiiAcknowledgments..........................................................................................................................................ixExecutive summary........................................................................................................................................xiPart 1: Disaster and climate-resilient transport strategy & key priorities............................................11. Definitions....................................................................................................................................................32.Introduction..................................................................................................................................................73.Shifting paradigms:Toward sustainable transport services provision...........................................12Part 2: Resilience measures by transport sub-sector.............................................................................20A.Highways and high-capacity roads..........................................................................................................21System planning and financing.............................................................................................................23Engineering and design............................................................................................................................28Operations and maintenance.................................................................................................................33Contingency planning...............................................................................................................................36Institutional capacity and coordination..............................................................................................38Case studies................................................................................................................................................41B.Rural roads....................................................................................................................................................43System planning and financing.............................................................................................................45Engineering and design.............................................................................................................