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1 online resource (ix, 115 pages) |
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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 AND INFRASTRUCTURE: DECISION MAKING ISSUES AND ADAPTATION MEASURES; CLIMATE CHANGE AND INFRASTRUCTURE: DECISION MAKING ISSUES AND ADAPTATION MEASURES; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: CLIMATE CHANGE: FUTURE FEDERAL ADAPTATION EFFORTS COULD BETTER SUPPORT LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE DECISION MAKERS; WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY; WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS; WHAT GAO FOUND; ABBREVIATIONS; BACKGROUND; ROADS AND BRIDGES, WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, AND NASA CENTERS ARE VULNERABLE TO CHANGES IN THE CLIMATE |
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CLIMATE CHANGE HAS NOT BEEN SYSTEMATICALLY INCORPORATED IN INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNINGKEY FACTORS ENABLED SOME DECISION MAKERS TOINTEGRATE CLIMATE CHANGE INTO INFRASTRUCTUREPROJECT PLANNING; FUTURE FEDERAL ADAPTATION EFFORTS COULDBETTER MEET THE NEEDS OF LOCAL INFRASTRUCTUREDECISION MAKERS; CONCLUSION; RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EXECUTIVE ACTION; AGENCY COMMENTS; APPENDIX I: OBJECTIVES, SCOPE, AND METHODOLOGY; Chapter 2: CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENCE: KEY POINTS; SUMMARY; BROAD SCIENTIFIC AGREEMENT ON MANY ASPECTSOF CLIMATE CHANGE; DEALING WITH UNCERTAINTIES; ISSUES FOR CONGRESS |
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Projections of future human-induced climate changeimpacts of climate change; selected, related crs reports; index |
| Summary |
According to the National Research Council (NRC) and others, infrastructure such as roads and bridges, wastewater systems, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) centers are vulnerable to changes in the climate. Changes in precipitation and sea levels, as well as increased intensity and frequency of extreme events, are projected by NRC and others to impact infrastructure in a variety of ways. When the climate changes, infrastructure-typically designed to operate within past climate conditions-may not operate as well or for as long as planned, leading to economic, environmenta |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Vendor-supplied metadata |
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Roads -- Design and construction -- Climatic factors.
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Climatic changes
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Sustainable engineering.
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Transportation -- Environmental aspects
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Infrastructure (Economics)
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Climate Change
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climate change.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Engineering (General)
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Climatic changes
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Infrastructure (Economics)
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Roads -- Design and construction -- Climatic factors
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Sustainable engineering
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Transportation -- Environmental aspects
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781634630986 |
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163463098X |
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