Extreme Weather Events and Interconnected Infrastructures: Toward More Comprehensive Climate Change Planning [Meeting challenges in understanding impacts of extreme weather events on connected infrastructures]

Journal Article · Tue Jun 23 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Environment

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1080/00139157.2015.1048134· OSTI ID:1265462

Wilbanks, Thomas J. ^[1]; Fernandez, Steven J. ^[2]; Allen, Melissa R. ^[1]

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1. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
2. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)

The President s Climate Change Action Plan calls for the development of better science, data, and tools for climate preparedness. Many of the current questions about preparedness for extreme weather events in coming decades are, however, difficult to answer with assets that have been developed by climate science to answer longer-term questions about climate change. Capacities for projecting exposures to climate-related extreme events, along with their implications for interconnected infrastructures, are now emerging.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC)
• Grant/Contract Number: AC05-00OR22725
• OSTI ID: 1265462
• Journal Information: Environment, Vol. 57, Issue 4; ISSN 0013-9157
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Extreme weather events
climate change
climate preparedness
climate impacts