Climate Change and Infrastructure, Urban Systems, and Vulnerabilities

Hurricane Irene ruptured a Baltimore sewer main, resulting in 100 million gallons of raw sewage flooding the local watershed. Levee failures during Hurricane Katrina resulted in massive flooding which did not recede for months. With temperatures becoming more extreme, and storms increasing in magnit...

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Published in:Springer eBooks
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Wilbanks, Thomas J. (Editor), Fernandez, Steven (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : Imprint: Island Press, 2014.
Series:NCA Regional Input Reports
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.5822/978-1-61091-556-4
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