1. Introduction to the UK Infrastructure Transitions Research Consortium (ITRC) Mr David Alderson Newcastle University 19 th July 2013

2. ITRC Aim and Ambition Aim: To develop and demonstrate a new generation of simulation models and tools to inform the analysis, planning and design of national infrastructure Challenges: Analysing the long term state of NI systems Uncertainties e.g. in demand, economic conditions, costs, performance The complexity of multiple governance arrangements and projects The capacity of UK industry to compete in globalised markets for infrastructure services www.itrc.org.uk

3. Over 40 partners in industry and government: Government departments, agencies and local authorities Utility companies Engineering and multi-disciplinary consultants Contractors Insurers Research organisations and data providers Engineering institutions NGOs www.itrc.org.uk Partners and stakeholders

4. Colin Harris (Chair – independent) Rosemary Albinson (BP) Garry Bowditch (SMART Infrastructure Facility) Theresa Brown (Sandia National Laboratories) Stephane Hallegatte (WorldBank, CIRED) Geoffrey Hewings (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) Margot Weijnen (TU Delft) Marie-Pierre Whaley (Northumbrian Water) Christopher White (EPSRC, LWEC) Expert Advisory Group (EAG)

5. ITRC Work Streams www.itrc.org.uk Fast Track Analysis release – January 2013 (cycle 1) Mid-Term Review – July 2013 (cycle 2 to be delivered January 2014) Final report – Autumn 2015 (cycle 3)

6. www.itrc.org.uk National Infrastructure Database - Newcastle ITRC Population ITRC Economics ITRC Energy ITRC Hazards ITRC Water ITRC Transport ITRC Waste ITRC spatial database comprises of 100’s layers organised into separate databases by sector.

7. www.itrc.org.uk Network Database Schema Store, model, represent and analyse various regional and national- scale spatial networks – Robust storage solution for multi-scale data and networks – Attributed networks – Represent dependencies – Access to graph-theory based analyses and tools – Failure analysis Python wrapper Spatial database Spatial database nx_pg nx_pgnet NetworkX Ordnance Survey Meridian Rail Network 3941 Nodes, 4434 Edges

8. www.itrc.org.uk Some network visualisation tools… Geographic view linked to topological view on the web (above) View complex networks and their behaviour as failure models are applied, in real-time (above and right)

9. Work Stream 1 and 4 Integration Newcastle www.itrc.org.uk

10. Some WS1/4 tools… WS1 Demographics Data Viewer: view data from multiple scenarios - different levels of attractors/detractors view UK-wide or disaggregated population pyramids - disaggregated to government office regions / local area districts projections extend to 2100 WS1 Economics Data Viewer: view data from multiple scenarios - 72 scenarios, different levels of population, world economic growth, fossil fuel price view maps, charts/plots, time series