"This report provides prioritization frameworks in accommodating projected future weather and climate extremes for policy makers and engineers involved in infrastructure planning and design" -- Provided by publisher.

Intro -- Book_5045_C000 -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Contributing Authors -- Acknowledgments -- Executive Summary -- Book_5045_C001 -- CHAPTER 1 : Introduction -- 1.1   Current Needs -- 1.2   Clarification of Terminology -- 1.2.1   Adaptive Capacity -- 1.2.2   Disruptive Events -- 1.2.3   Potential Impact (i.e., Exposure and Sensitivity) -- 1.2.4   Resilience -- 1.2.5   Risk -- 1.2.6   Vulnerability -- 1.3   Future Concerns -- 1.4   Adaptation Options and Prioritization -- 1.5   Overall Objective -- References -- Book_5045_C002 -- CHAPTER 2 : State of the Science in Meteorological/Hydrological Extremes -- 2.1   Introduction -- 2.2   Attribution of Extreme Events to Climate Change -- 2.3   Temperature -- 2.4   Precipitation -- 2.5   Snowpack and Snowmelt -- 2.6   Drought -- 2.7   Wildfire -- 2.8   Storm Tracks and Middle-Latitude Cyclones -- 2.9   Tornadoes and Hail -- 2.10   Tropical Cyclones -- 2.11   Sea-Level Rise -- 2.12   Ocean Waves -- 2.13   Wind Speed -- 2.14   Compound and Cascading Hazards -- 2.15   Contextualizing Extreme Events with respect to Scale and Predictability -- References -- Book_5045_C003 -- CHAPTER 3 : Stressors and Infrastructure Resilience -- 3.1   Energy Transmission, Storage, and Distribution Infrastructure -- 3.1.1   Impacts -- 3.1.2   Status -- 3.1.3   Response -- 3.1.4   Interdependencies -- 3.2   Transportation -- 3.2.1   Roads and Bridges -- 3.2.1.1   Impacts -- 3.2.1.2   Status -- 3.2.1.3   Response -- 3.2.2   Transit and Aviation -- 3.2.2.1   Impacts -- 3.2.2.2   Status -- 3.2.2.3   Response -- 3.2.3   Interdependencies -- 3.3   Drinking Water and Wastewater -- 3.3.1   Impacts -- 3.3.2   Status -- 3.3.3   Response -- 3.3.4   Interdependencies -- 3.4   Water Storage and Flood Protection Infrastructure -- 3.4.1   Introduction -- 3.4.1.1   Dams and Reservoirs. 3.4.1.2   Levees and Flood Barriers -- 3.4.2   Impacts -- 3.4.2.1   Dams and Reservoirs -- 3.4.2.2   Levees and Flood Barriers -- 3.4.3   Status -- 3.4.3.1   Dams and Reservoirs -- 3.4.3.2   Levees and Flood Barriers -- 3.4.4   Response -- 3.4.5   Interdependencies -- 3.5   Navigation/Ports and Harbors -- 3.5.1   Impacts -- 3.5.1.1   Inland Navigation -- 3.5.1.2   Maritime Navigation -- 3.5.2   Status -- 3.5.2.1   Inland Navigation -- 3.5.2.2   Ports -- 3.5.3   Responses -- 3.5.3.1   Inland Navigation -- 3.5.3.2   Ports -- 3.5.4   Interdependencies -- References -- Book_5045_C004 -- CHAPTER 4 : Considerations for Prioritization -- 4.1   Decision-Making Constraints -- 4.1.1   Policy Engagement -- 4.1.2   Coherence with Climate Change Adaptation Plans -- 4.1.3   Sustainable Development and Social Inequality -- 4.1.4   Economics -- 4.2   Balancing Financial, Economic, Social, and Environmental Costs and Benefits -- 4.3   Synthesis of Prioritization Steps -- 4.3.1   Step 1: Understand the Decision Context -- 4.3.2   Step 2: Identify Options for Adaptation -- 4.3.3   Step 3: Identify the List of Criteria and Indicators -- 4.3.4   Step 4: Scoring, Weighting, and Interpreting the Results -- 4.3.5   Step 5: Sensitivity Analysis -- 4.4   Generalized Prioritization of US Infrastructure -- References -- Book_5045_C005 -- CHAPTER 5 : Conclusions -- References -- Book_5045_GLY -- Glossary -- References -- Book_5045_IDX.

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