
Climate Adaptation Engineering
Risks and Economics for Infrastructure Decision-Making
Description
Key Features
- Provides climate scenarios and their likelihoods, hazard modelling (wind, flood, heatwaves, etc.), infrastructure vulnerability, resilience or exposure (likelihood and extent of damage)
- Introduces the key concepts needed to assess the risks, costs and benefits of future proofing infrastructures in a changing climate
- Includes case studies authored by experts from around the world
Readership
Civil Engineers, Structural Engineers, Environmental Engineers, policy-makers and general interest readers
Table of Contents
Part I: Introduction
1. Introduction to Climate Adaptation Engineering
Mark G. Stewart and Emilio Bastidas-ArteagaPart II: Case Studies for Infrastructure
2. Risk Analysis for Hurricanes Accounting for the Effects of Climate Change
Alessandro Contento, Hao Xu and Paolo Gardoni
3. Climate Change Impact and Adaptation for Urban Drainage Systems
Yekenalem Abebe and Solomon Tesfamariam
4. Corrosion of Concrete and Steel Structures in a Changing Climate
Mark G. Stewart and Emilio Bastidas-Arteaga
5. Timber Power Pole Network Management in a Changing Climate
Paraic C. Ryan and Mark G. Stewart
6. Climate Change Impact for Bridges Subjected to Scour and Corrosion
Boulent Imam
7. Climate Change Related Risks and Adaptation of Interdependent Infrastructure Systems
Dimitri V. Val, Daniil Yurchenko, Maria Nogal and Alan O’ConnorPart III: Case Studies for Buildings
8. Adaptation of Residential Buildings to Coastal Floods: Strategies, Costs and Efficiency
Axel Creach, Emilio Bastidas-Arteaga, Sophie Pardo and Denis Mercier
9. Climate Adaptation for Housing in Hurricane Regions
S. Bjarnadottir, Y. Li and M.G. Stewart
10. Housing Resilience to Wind-Induced Damage in Developing Countries
Kazuyoshi Nishijima
11. Balancing Energy Efficiency and Heatwave Resilience in Building Design
Morshed Alam, Jay Sanjayan and Patrick X.W. ZouPart IV: Conclusions and Recommendations
12. Recommendations for Infrastructure Decision-Makers Under a Changing Climate
Emilio Bastidas-Arteaga and Mark G. Stewart
Product details
- No. of pages: 387
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Butterworth-Heinemann 2019
- Published: March 16, 2019
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- eBook ISBN: 9780128168400
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128167823
About the Authors
Emilio Bastidas-Arteaga
Affiliations and Expertise
Mark Stewart
Affiliations and Expertise
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