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

Wilbanks, Thomas J.; Fernandez, Steven J.; Allen, Melissa R.

doi:10.1080/00139157.2015.1048134

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

Abstract

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.

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

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

Publication Date:: Tue Jun 23 00:00:00 EDT 2015

Research Org.:: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

OSTI Identifier:: 1265462

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Environment

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 57; Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 0013-9157

Publisher:: Taylor & Francis

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; Extreme weather events; climate change; climate preparedness; climate impacts

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                    Wilbanks, Thomas J., Fernandez, Steven J., and Allen, Melissa R. Extreme Weather Events and Interconnected Infrastructures: Toward More Comprehensive Climate Change Planning [Meeting challenges in understanding impacts of extreme weather events on connected infrastructures].  United States: N. p., 2015. 
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                    Wilbanks, Thomas J., Fernandez, Steven J., & Allen, Melissa R. Extreme Weather Events and Interconnected Infrastructures: Toward More Comprehensive Climate Change Planning [Meeting challenges in understanding impacts of extreme weather events on connected infrastructures].  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1080/00139157.2015.1048134

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"Extreme Weather Events and Interconnected Infrastructures: Toward More Comprehensive Climate Change Planning [Meeting challenges in understanding impacts of extreme weather events on connected infrastructures]".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1080/00139157.2015.1048134.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1265462.

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

  author       = {Wilbanks, Thomas J. and Fernandez, Steven J. and Allen, Melissa R.},

  abstractNote = {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.},

  doi          = {10.1080/00139157.2015.1048134},

  journal      = {Environment},

  number       = 4,

  volume       = 57,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Tue Jun 23 00:00:00 EDT 2015},

  month        = {Tue Jun 23 00:00:00 EDT 2015}

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