| Description |
1 online resource |
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Climate change and its causes, effects, and prediction |
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Climate change and its causes, effects, and prediction series.
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| Contents |
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 |
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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 |
| Summary |
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 questions that need further attention in the longer run. Current knowledge indicates that vulnerability concerns tend to be focused on extreme weather events associated with climate change that can disrupt infrastructure services, often cascading across infrastructures because of extensive interdependencie |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Climatic changes.
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Climatic changes -- Economic aspects
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Infrastructure (Economics)
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Climate Change
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climate change.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Infrastructure (Economics)
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Climatic changes -- Economic aspects
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Climatic changes
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Climatic changes -- Risk management
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Putman, Scott D., editor
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| LC no. |
2020686523 |
| ISBN |
9781629480015 |
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1629480010 |
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