Climate Change and Infrastructure, Urban Systems, and Vulnerabilities
Hurricane Irene ruptured a Baltimore sewer main, resulting in 100 million gallons of raw sewage flooding the local watershed. Levee failures during Hurricane Katrina resulted in massive flooding which did not recede for months. With temperatures becoming
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Climate Change and infrastruCture, urban systems, and Vulnerabilities Technical Report for the US Department of Energy in Support of the National Climate Assessment Edited by: Thomas J. Wilbanks Steven J. Fernandez
Climate Change and Infrastructure, Urban Systems, and Vulnerabilities
Climate Change and Infrastructure, Urban Systems, and Vulnerabilities
COORDINATING LEAD AUTHORS Thomas J. Wilbanks, ORNL Steven J. Fernandez, ORNL
LEAD AUTHORS George Backus, Sandia National Laboratories Pablo Garcia, Sandia National Laboratories Karl K. Jonietz, LANL Paul H. Kirshen, University of New Hampshire Michael Savonis, ICF William Solecki, CUNY/Hunter College Gasper Loren Toole, LANL
CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS Melissa R. Allen, ORNL Rosina M. Bierbaum, University of Michigan Theresa J. Brown, Sandia National Laboratories Nancy E. Brune, Sandia National Laboratories James L. Buizer, University of Arizona Joshua Fu, University of Tennessee Olufemi A. Omitaomu, ORNL P. Lynn Scarlett, Resources for the Future Megan Susman, EPA Eric Vugrin, Sandia National Laboratories Sherry B. Wright, ORNL Rae Zimmerman, NYU
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