Infrastructure Resilience: An Integrated Approach examines the resilience measures being deployed within individual disciplines and sectors and how multi-stakeholder efforts can catalyze action to address global challenges in preparedness and disaster and hazard mitigation. The book provides a theoretical framework to advance thinking on creating resilient, inclusive, sustainable and safe communities. Users will find an accurate and up-to-date guide for working on the development, implementation, monitoring and assessment of policies, programs and projects related to community resilience. Provides updated information on resilience, especially on infrastructure, finance, land use, standards and policiesIncludes case studies that illustrate how communities have increased their resilience to natural and other disastersAnalyzes the institutional, political, social and economic dimensions of resilience at the community levelIllustrates the interdependencies and interconnectedness of infrastructure systems and how community resilience relies on a holistic approachExamines responses to emerging risks associated with climate change INDICE: Part I: Making the Case 1. Resilient Infrastructure: Understanding Interconnectedness and Long-Term Risk 2. Telling the Story: Compelling Citizens to Act 3. Mitigation is a Smart Investment Part II: Lifelines 4. Transitioning our Electric Infrastructure 5. Rethinking Our Relationship with Water 6. Recognizing and Addressing Interdependencies: How Lifelines Can Work Collaboratively 7. Understanding and Addressing Risk Within Lifelines Part III: Finance & Insurance 8. Financing Resilient Infrastructure 9. Addressing Climate Risk in Financial Decision Making Part IV: Landscapes & Land Use 10. How Smart Land Use Policies Help Avoid Future Headaches 11. Looking to Nature: How Nature-Based Solutions Advance Resilience and Improve Communities 11b. Smart Development Strategies for Resilient Communities Part V: Buildings 12. Evolving how Buildings Interact with the Electric Grid 13. Protecting Your Assets: How Building Owners Impact Individual and Community Resilience 14. Sustainable and Resilient Buildings, A Marriage Made in Heaven, Part VI: Designing for Resilience, Codes and Standards 15. The Role of the Designers and Other Building Practitioners in Advancing Resilience 16. Building Codes: The Foundation for Resilient Communities 17. Designing for Resilient Systems Under Emerging Risks Part VII: Policies & Practices 18. Incentivization: A Holistic Approach to Effect Action 19. Where Are We? Why Community-wide Benchmarking is Key 20. National Resilience is A Function of Local Actions 21. This is Not Your Father's Emergency Management Part VII: Getting the Complete Picture 22. Conclusion
- ISBN: 978-0-12-816240-8
- Editorial: Butterworth-Heinemann
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 450
- Fecha Publicación: 01/10/2019
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés