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Climate change, infrastructure and urban systems : vulnerabilities and impacts /
This book provides an overview of the technical report issued by the U.S. Department of Energy on climate change and infrastructure, urban systems and vulnerabilities. The book is a summary of the currently existing knowledge based on this topic, nested within a broader framing of issues and questio...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Nova Publishers,
[2013]
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| Colección: | Climate change and its causes, effects, and prediction series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- CLIMATE CHANGE, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND URBAN SYSTEMS: VULNERABILITIES AND IMPACTS; CLIMATE CHANGE, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND URBAN SYSTEMS: VULNERABILITIES AND IMPACTS; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: CLIMATE CHANGE AND INFRASTRUCTURE, URBAN SYSTEMS AND VULNERABILITIES: TECHNICAL REPORT FOR THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY IN SUPPORT OF THE NATIONAL CLIMATE ASSESSMENT; EXECUTIVE SUMMARY; I. INTRODUCTION; II. BACKGROUND; III. FRAMING CLIMATE CHANGE IMPLICATIONS FOR INFRASTRUCTURES AND URBAN SYSTEMS.
- IV. URBAN SYSTEMS AS PLACE-BASED FOCI FOR INFRASTRUCTURE INTERACTIONSV. IMPLICATIONS FOR FUTURE RISK MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; VI. KNOWLEDGE, UNCERTAINTIES, AND RESEARCH GAPS; VII. DEVELOPING A SELF-SUSTAINED CONTINUING CAPACITY FOR MONITORING, EVALUATION, AND INFORMING DECISIONS; APPENDIX A. ADAPTIVE WATER INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING; REFERENCES; Chapter 2: CLIMATE CHANGE: SCIENCE AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS; SUMMARY; INTRODUCTION; CHANGES OBSERVED IN THE EARTH'S CLIMATE; OBSERVED IMPACTS; LIKELY CAUSES OF GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE; PROJECTIONS OF FUTURE HUMAN-DRIVEN CLIMATE CHANGE; IMPLICATIONS FOR POLICY.