Incorporating the Costs and Benefits of Adaptation Measures in Preparation for Extreme Weather Events and Climate Change—Guidebook (2020) / Chapter Skim
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1 State departments of transportation (DOTs) are facing a daunting challenge in the coming years: they need to find ways to repair and replace aging infrastructure that the ASCE scored between a D and a C+, they need to do it in a way that allows the assets to adapt to and recover quickly from extreme weather events and climate change, and they need to accomplish these tasks with budgets that are static or dwindling.
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2 Incorporating the Costs and Benefits of Adaptation Measures in Preparation for Extreme Weather Events and Climate Change -- Guidebook adaptation alternatives. Chapters 1 through 6 provide information about CBAs, using CBA as part of the investment decision-making process, and climate change: • Chapter 1 summarizes why and how this guidebook was developed, and introduces a fictitious scenario used throughout the guidebook to illustrate concepts discussed in each subsequent chapter.
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