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... 24 SESSION 3 Recovery Michael Meyer, WSP–Parsons Brinckerhoff, Washington, D.C., USA Alan O'Connor, Roughan & O'Donovan and Trinity College Dublin, Ireland André van Lammeren, Rijkswaterstaat, Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment, Netherlands Alan McKinnon, Kühne Logistics University, Hamburg, Germany Susanne DesRoches, New York City, New York, USA Richard Wright, University of Maryland, College Park, USA Presentation of third Case sCenario: drought, heat, and extreme temPeratures Michael Meyer and Alan O'Connor Michael Meyer and Alan O'Connor described the third scenario, which focuses on drought, heat, and extreme temperatures. The hypothetical scenario addresses recovering from an extreme event.
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... 25s e s s i o n 3 : r e c o v e r y theme examines system interdependency issues, such as operating a subway system that depends on a working electrical grid. Meyer described the scenario, which focuses on Metropolis, a major coastal metropolitan area with 8 million inhabitants.
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