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Climate Change andInfrastructure Resilience - Firas Saleh
Pages 65-72

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From page 65...
... . This multidisciplinary research merges the fields of climate change; civil, water resources, and coastal engineering; remote sensing; and high-­ performance cloud computing to identify critical thresholds in aging infrastructure and failure cascade risks in interconnected systems.
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From page 66...
... In a changing climate, frequent and more intense storms can have more serious implications for vulnerable and aging infrastructure. Long-term sea level rise is the main driver of accelerated flooding along the US coastline; however, changes in joint distributions from storm surges and precipitation associated with climate change also augment flood potential (Sweet and Park 2014)
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From page 67...
... . Hazard classification Potential consequences of failure or misoperation High hazard Loss of life; significant economic losses, including damages to downstream property or critical infrastructure, environmental damage, or disruption of lifeline facilities Significant hazard Significant economic losses, including damages to downstream property, critical infrastructure, environmental damage, or disruption of lifeline facilities Low hazard Minor damage to nonresidential and normally unoccupied buildings, or to rural or agricultural land high-hazard dams is increasing -- it was nearly 15,500 in 2016 (see, e.g., figure 1)
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From page 68...
... 68 FRONTIERS OF ENGINEERING Land Imperviousness FIGURE 1  Interconnected critical infrastructure in the Lower Hudson Basin, New York.
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From page 69...
... CLIMATE CHANGE AND INFRASTRUCTURE RESILIENCE 69 FIGURE 2  Test bed in northern New Jersey showing interconnected system and multiscale modeling components. HEC-RAS = Hydrologic Engineering Center River Analysis System of the US Army Corps of Engineers; NYC = New York City; PVSC = Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission.
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From page 70...
... DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION Modeling frameworks representing hydrosystem components spanning numerous temporal and spatial scales were integrated to provide telescopic capabilities for modeling coastal and inland flooding. The modeling outputs provide important information to quantify integrated processes at decision-relevant scales, identify significant vulnerabilities, and mitigate associated high-impact risks in critical infrastructure.
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From page 71...
... hurricanes Irene and (b) Sandy showing the observed accumulated precipitation and coastal water levels (including surge)
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From page 72...
... 2018b. Inter-comparison between retro spective ensemble streamflow forecasts using meteorological inputs from ECMWF and NOAA/ ESRL in the Hudson River sub-basins during Hurricane Irene (2011)
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Key Terms

  • level rise
  • storm surge
  • critical infrastructure
  • infrastructure resilience
  • changing climate

  • engineering design
  • compound events
  • extreme events
  • aging infrastructure
  • water levels

  • tropical storm
  • coastal storm
  • significant economic
  • storm surges
  • lifeline facilities

  • hurricane sandy
  • economic losses
  • including damages
  • environmental damage
  • intense storms

  • newark bay
  • hurricanes irene
  • hurricane irene
  • river discharge
  • design practice

  • climate modeling
  • future climate
  • storm events
  • extreme weather
  • infrastructure interdependencies


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