Current and Future Exposure of Infrastructure in the United States to Natural Hazards

• Autore: Willis Henry H.
• Pubblicazione: RAND Corporation, 2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource
• Soggetto topico: Economic systems and structures; Meteorology and climatology; Population and demography
• Soggetto non controllato: Business; Physics; Population Studies
• Persona (resp. second.): NarayananAnu; FischbachJordan R.; Molina-PerezEdmundo; StelznerChuck; LoaKathleen; KendrickLauren
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction: The Need to Better Understand Current and Future Hazard Exposure -- Defining and Analyzing Infrastructure Exposure -- Current Patterns of Exposure in the Continental United States -- Climate Change and Natural Hazard Exposure -- Findings and Policy Considerations.
• Sommario/riassunto: Communities, companies, and governments at all levels in the United States are making decisions that will influence where, what and how infrastructure will be built. This report describes insights about exposures from natural hazards now and in the future, as well as gaps in data that, if filled, could improve the nation's ability to assess infrastructure risk and improve infrastructure resilience.
• Titolo autorizzato: Current and Future Exposure of Infrastructure in the United States to Natural Hazards
• ISBN: 0-8330-9626-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910219965503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II