Climate Change and Infrastructure, Urban Systems, and Vulnerabilities

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Wilbanks, Thomas J. (Editor), Fernandez, Steven (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : Imprint: Island Press, 2014.
• Series: NCA Regional Input Reports
• Subjects: Environment.; Climate change.; Urban planning.; City planning.; Building > Superintendence.; Construction industry > Management.; Construction superintendence.; Climate Change.; Urbanism.; Construction Management.; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts.

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 magnit...

Table of Contents:

• 1 INTRODUCTION
• 2 BACKGROUND
• 3 FRAMING CLIMATE CHANGE IMPLICATIONS FOR INFRASTRUCTURES AND URBAN SYSTEM
• 4 URBAN SYSTEMS AS PLACE-BASED FOCI FOR INFRASTRUCTURE INTERACTIONS
• 5 IMPLICATIONS FOR FUTURE RISK MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES
• 6 KNOWLEDGE, UNCERTAINTIES, AND RESEARCH GAPS
• 7 DEVELOPING A SELF-SUSTAINED CONTINUING CAPACITY FOR MONITORING, EVALUATION, AND INFORMING DECISIONS.