Climate Change and Infrastructure, Urban Systems, and Vulnerabilities

✍ Scribed by Dr. Thomas J. Wilbanks, Dr. Steven Fernandez (eds.)

Publisher: Island Press/Center for Resource Economics
Year: 2014
Tongue: English
Leaves: 111
Series: NCA Regional Input Reports
Category: Library

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✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xix
Introduction....Pages 1-2
Background....Pages 3-16
Framing Climate Change Implications for Infrastructures and Urban Systems....Pages 17-40
Urban Systems As Place-Based Foci For Infrastructure Interactions....Pages 41-54
Implications for Future Risk Management Strategies....Pages 55-68
Knowledge, Uncertainties, And Research Gaps....Pages 69-72
Developing a Self-sustained Continuing Capacity for Monitoring, Evaluation, and Informing Decisions....Pages 73-74
Back Matter....Pages 167-188

✦ Subjects

Climate Change; Urbanism; Construction Management; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts

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