Climate adaptation engineering risks and economics for infrastructure decision-making / edited by Emilio Bastidas-Arteaga, Mark G. Stewart.

Other author Bastidas-Arteaga, Emilio.
Other author Stewart, Mark G.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoKidlington, Oxford, United Kingdom ; Cambridge, MA, United States : Butterworth-Heinemann is an imprint of Elsevier, [2019]
Descriptionxv, 371 pages ; 23 cm
Supplemental ContentFull text available from eBook - Engineering 2019
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Contents Introduction. Introduction to climate adaptation engineering / Mark G. Stewart, Emilio Bastidas-Arteaga -- Case studies for infrastructure. Risk analysis for hurricanes accounting for the effects of climate change / Alessandro Contento, Hao Xu, Paolo Gardoni -- Climate change impact and adaptation for urban drainage systems / Yekenalem Abebe, Solomon Tesfamariam -- Corrosion of concrete and steel structures in a changing climate / Mark G. Stewart, Emilio Bastidas-Arteaga -- Timber power pole network management in a changing climate / Paraic C. Ryan, Mark G. Stewart -- Climate change impact for bridges subjected to scour and corrosion / Boulent Imam -- Climate change-related risks and adaptation of interdependent infrastructure systems / Dimitri V. Val, Daniil Yurchenko, Maria Nogal, Alan O'Connor -- Case studies for buildings. Adaptation of residential buildings to coastal floods : strategies, costs and efficiency / Axel Creach, Emilio Bastidas-Arteaga, Sophie Pardo, Denis Mercier -- Climate adaptation for housing in hurricane regions / Sigridur Bjarnadottir, Yue Li, Mark G. Stewart -- Housing resilience to wind-induced damage in developing countries / Kazuyoshi Nishijima -- Balancing energy efficiency and heat wave resilience in building design -- Morshed Alam, Jay Sanjayan, Patrick X.W. Zou -- Conclusions and recommendations. Recommendations for infrastructure decision-makers under a changing climate / Emilio Bastidas-Arteaga, Mark G. Stewart.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Issued in other formebook version : 9780128168400
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LCCN 2021302146
ISBN9780128167823 (pbk)

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