Overview
- Essential guidance for decision-makers seeking to better understand how climate variability and change impact urban infrastructure
- Rich in science and case studies, this report allows decision-and policymakers to prepare for climate change
- The definitive input report on climate change and infrastructure for the 2013 National Climate Assessment
- Critical state of the art information from a broad range of climate change experts in academia, private industry, state and local governments, NGOs, professional societies, and impacted communities
Part of the book series: NCA Regional Input Reports (NCARIR)
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Hurricane Irene ruptured a Baltimore sewer main, resulting in 100 million gallons of raw sewage flooding the local watershed. Levee failures during Hurricane Katrina resulted in massive flooding which did not recede for months. With temperatures becoming more extreme, and storms increasing in magnitude, American infrastructure and risk-management policies require close examination in order to decrease the damage wrought by natural disasters. Climate Change and Infrastructure, Urban Systems, and Vulnerabilities addresses these needs by examining how climate change affects urban buildings and communities, and determining which regions are the most vulnerable to environmental disaster. It looks at key elements of urban systems, including transportation, communication, drainage, and energy, in order to better understand the damages caused by climate change and extreme weather. How can urban systems become more resilient? How can citizens protect their cities from damage, and moreeasily rebound from destructive storms? This report not only breaks new ground as a component of climate change vulnerability and impact assessments but also highlights critical research gaps in the material. Implications of climate change are examined by assessing historical experience as well as simulating future conditions.
Developed to inform the 3rd National Climate Assessment, and a landmark study in terms of its breadth and depth of coverage and conducted under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Energy, Climate Change and Infrastructure, Urban Systems, and Vulnerabilities examines the known effects and relationships of climate change variables on American infrastructure and risk-management policies. Its rich science and case studies will enable policymakers, urban planners, and stakeholders to develop a long-term, self-sustained assessment capacity and more effective risk-management strategies.
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Book Title: Climate Change and Infrastructure, Urban Systems, and Vulnerabilities
Book Subtitle: Technical Report for the U.S. Department of Energy in Support of the National Climate Assessment
Editors: Thomas J. Wilbanks, Steven Fernandez
Series Title: NCA Regional Input Reports
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5822/978-1-61091-556-4
Publisher: Island Press Washington, DC
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Island Press 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-1-61091-556-4Published: 12 September 2014
Series ISSN: 2945-5677
Series E-ISSN: 2945-5685
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 92
Topics: Climate Change, Urbanism, Construction Management, Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts