Contemporary literature on disaster resilience of transportation infrastructure and seaports is
reviewed. There is a considerable body of literature on disaster resilience in terms of
engineering and technical resilience of infrastructure to disasters. Resilience of communities
is also a subject of wide research. The impact of disasters on transportation infrastructure and
their resilience has been studied by researchers, mainly in the context of the developed world.
There is a considerable paucity of such studies on the resilience of transportation
infrastructure in the multimodal context, even in the developed world. Studies on the impact
of disasters on the interface of maritime transport and land based transport in a seaport
centered setting are scarce. Most studies in this context have been spurred in the aftermath of
9/11 and hence are essentially security oriented. In general it is observed that there is still no
widely accepted measure for resilience of transportation infrastructure for any mode of
transportation. The review also exposes the lack of serious research on the impact of disasters
on the resilience of transportation and port infrastructure in the developing countries. Areas
requiring further attention from researchers are identified.