Anticipating climate change

When engineers at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey assessed the possible effects of climate change on the region's most critical transportation infrastructure, they made some surprising discoveries. In some cases, recent infrastructure upgrades that had been undertaken for other reasons conferred the unexpected benefit of increasing the infrastructure's resilience; in other cases, additional actions will be required.

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• Authors:
  • McLaughlin, Brian J
  • Murrell, Scott D
  • DesRoches, Susanne
• Publication Date: 2011-4

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: pp 50-55
• Serial:
  • Civil Engineering
  • Volume: 81
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 0885-7024
  • Serial URL: http://www.pubs.asce.org/ceonline/newce/html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Climate change; Evaluation and assessment; Infrastructure; Port authorities; Protection against environmental damage; Risk analysis
• Identifier Terms: Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
• Uncontrolled Terms: Task force
• Subject Areas: Environment; Terminals and Facilities; I15: Environment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01345228
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 20 2011 7:27AM