Climate change and infrastructure: decision making issues and adaptation measures
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| spelling | Climate change and infrastructure decision making issues and adaptation measures Dustin Ethans, editor New York Nova Publishers [2014] © 2014 1 online resource (ix, 115 pages) txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier Climate change and its causes, effects, and prediction series Vendor-supplied metadata CLIMATE CHANGE AND INFRASTRUCTURE: DECISION MAKING ISSUES AND ADAPTATION MEASURES; CLIMATE CHANGE AND INFRASTRUCTURE: DECISION MAKING ISSUES AND ADAPTATION MEASURES; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: CLIMATE CHANGE: FUTURE FEDERAL ADAPTATION EFFORTS COULD BETTER SUPPORT LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE DECISION MAKERS; WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY; WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS; WHAT GAO FOUND; ABBREVIATIONS; BACKGROUND; ROADS AND BRIDGES, WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, AND NASA CENTERS ARE VULNERABLE TO CHANGES IN THE CLIMATE. CLIMATE CHANGE HAS NOT BEEN SYSTEMATICALLY INCORPORATED IN INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNINGKEY FACTORS ENABLED SOME DECISION MAKERS TOINTEGRATE CLIMATE CHANGE INTO INFRASTRUCTUREPROJECT PLANNING; FUTURE FEDERAL ADAPTATION EFFORTS COULDBETTER MEET THE NEEDS OF LOCAL INFRASTRUCTUREDECISION MAKERS; CONCLUSION; RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EXECUTIVE ACTION; AGENCY COMMENTS; APPENDIX I: OBJECTIVES, SCOPE, AND METHODOLOGY; Chapter 2: CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENCE: KEY POINTS; SUMMARY; BROAD SCIENTIFIC AGREEMENT ON MANY ASPECTSOF CLIMATE CHANGE; DEALING WITH UNCERTAINTIES; ISSUES FOR CONGRESS. Projections of future human-induced climate changeimpacts of climate change; selected, related crs reports; index According to the National Research Council (NRC) and others, infrastructure such as roads and bridges, wastewater systems, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) centers are vulnerable to changes in the climate. Changes in precipitation and sea levels, as well as increased intensity and frequency of extreme events, are projected by NRC and others to impact infrastructure in a variety of ways. When the climate changes, infrastructure-typically designed to operate within past climate conditions-may not operate as well or for as long as planned, leading to economic, environmenta Climatic changes / Economic aspects / United States / Evaluation Climatic changes / Risk assessment / United States Infrastructure (Economics) / Environmental aspects / United States Pollution / Environmental aspects TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Engineering (General) bisacsh Climatic changes fast Infrastructure (Economics) fast Roads / Design and construction / Climatic factors fast Sustainable engineering fast Transportation / Environmental aspects fast Klimaänderung Umwelt Roads Design and construction Climatic factors Climatic changes Sustainable engineering Transportation Environmental aspects Infrastructure (Economics) USA Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Climate change and infrastructure |
| spellingShingle | Climate change and infrastructure decision making issues and adaptation measures CLIMATE CHANGE AND INFRASTRUCTURE: DECISION MAKING ISSUES AND ADAPTATION MEASURES; CLIMATE CHANGE AND INFRASTRUCTURE: DECISION MAKING ISSUES AND ADAPTATION MEASURES; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: CLIMATE CHANGE: FUTURE FEDERAL ADAPTATION EFFORTS COULD BETTER SUPPORT LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE DECISION MAKERS; WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY; WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS; WHAT GAO FOUND; ABBREVIATIONS; BACKGROUND; ROADS AND BRIDGES, WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, AND NASA CENTERS ARE VULNERABLE TO CHANGES IN THE CLIMATE. CLIMATE CHANGE HAS NOT BEEN SYSTEMATICALLY INCORPORATED IN INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNINGKEY FACTORS ENABLED SOME DECISION MAKERS TOINTEGRATE CLIMATE CHANGE INTO INFRASTRUCTUREPROJECT PLANNING; FUTURE FEDERAL ADAPTATION EFFORTS COULDBETTER MEET THE NEEDS OF LOCAL INFRASTRUCTUREDECISION MAKERS; CONCLUSION; RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EXECUTIVE ACTION; AGENCY COMMENTS; APPENDIX I: OBJECTIVES, SCOPE, AND METHODOLOGY; Chapter 2: CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENCE: KEY POINTS; SUMMARY; BROAD SCIENTIFIC AGREEMENT ON MANY ASPECTSOF CLIMATE CHANGE; DEALING WITH UNCERTAINTIES; ISSUES FOR CONGRESS. Projections of future human-induced climate changeimpacts of climate change; selected, related crs reports; index According to the National Research Council (NRC) and others, infrastructure such as roads and bridges, wastewater systems, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) centers are vulnerable to changes in the climate. Changes in precipitation and sea levels, as well as increased intensity and frequency of extreme events, are projected by NRC and others to impact infrastructure in a variety of ways. When the climate changes, infrastructure-typically designed to operate within past climate conditions-may not operate as well or for as long as planned, leading to economic, environmenta Climatic changes / Economic aspects / United States / Evaluation Climatic changes / Risk assessment / United States Infrastructure (Economics) / Environmental aspects / United States Pollution / Environmental aspects TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Engineering (General) bisacsh Climatic changes fast Infrastructure (Economics) fast Roads / Design and construction / Climatic factors fast Sustainable engineering fast Transportation / Environmental aspects fast Klimaänderung Umwelt Roads Design and construction Climatic factors Climatic changes Sustainable engineering Transportation Environmental aspects Infrastructure (Economics) |
| title | Climate change and infrastructure decision making issues and adaptation measures |
| title_auth | Climate change and infrastructure decision making issues and adaptation measures |
| title_exact_search | Climate change and infrastructure decision making issues and adaptation measures |
| title_full | Climate change and infrastructure decision making issues and adaptation measures Dustin Ethans, editor |
| title_fullStr | Climate change and infrastructure decision making issues and adaptation measures Dustin Ethans, editor |
| title_full_unstemmed | Climate change and infrastructure decision making issues and adaptation measures Dustin Ethans, editor |
| title_short | Climate change and infrastructure |
| title_sort | climate change and infrastructure decision making issues and adaptation measures |
| title_sub | decision making issues and adaptation measures |
| topic | Climatic changes / Economic aspects / United States / Evaluation Climatic changes / Risk assessment / United States Infrastructure (Economics) / Environmental aspects / United States Pollution / Environmental aspects TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Engineering (General) bisacsh Climatic changes fast Infrastructure (Economics) fast Roads / Design and construction / Climatic factors fast Sustainable engineering fast Transportation / Environmental aspects fast Klimaänderung Umwelt Roads Design and construction Climatic factors Climatic changes Sustainable engineering Transportation Environmental aspects Infrastructure (Economics) |
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