Climate Change and Civil Infrastructure: Decision Making, Adaptation, and Mitigation

Addressing hazardous events, especially in the field of civil infrastructure, requires three types of actions: preparedness, mitigation, and adaptation. Climate change challenges are no different, however, due to the complex intersections of the numerous climate change issues, the handling of these three actions needs to be approached carefully. Their decision-making processes must account for as many of those intersections as possible. If or when civil infrastructure is within these intersections, the necessity of careful and encompassing decision making becomes paramount. This series incorporates numerous practical climate change and infrastructure applications to help stakeholders in addressing these complex subjects efficiently. Due to the wide range of concepts and applications presented, this book will be of interest to stakeholders of various backgrounds, including disaster preparedness and public safety officials, emergency managers, first responders, researchers, policy makers, municipal managers, climate scientists, structural engineers, hydraulic engineers, water resource managers, environmentalists, ecologists, and students.