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Chapter 4: Infrastructure impacts and adaptation challenges
Author(s) -
Zimmerman Rae,
Faris Craig
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.05318.x
Subject(s) - climate change , vulnerability (computing) , metropolitan area , adaptation (eye) , climate change adaptation , environmental planning , urban climate , critical infrastructure , urban planning , environmental resource management , urban heat island , private sector , urban resilience , geography , political science , environmental science , civil engineering , engineering , computer science , meteorology , ecology , physics , computer security , archaeology , law , optics , biology
Creating an overall climate change adaptation strategy for urban infrastructure poses considerable conceptual and operational challenges. An understanding of the characteristics of a city’s infrastructure that make it particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change is a critical foundation for understanding the severity of the impacts and the means for adaptation. Historical events that have compromised a city’s infrastructure under conditions similar to those associated with climate change also provide information about what a city might expect in the way of consequences from a future of increased temperatures, precipitation, and sea level rise. This chapter explores the challenges to climate change adaptation in major urban infrastructure sectors with a focus on New York City, draws lessons from adaptation efforts under way in other large metropolitan regions, and discusses the role of the private sector in urban adaptation.