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On the Concept of Climate-Resilient Design of Civil Infrastructure Systems
Climate change significantly challenges civil infrastructure systems, which are crucial for societal needs and economic development. To address this, climate resilience-based design has emerged as a vital approach to mitigate climate impacts on infrastructure and enhance adaptability. This design approach considers climate change across the entire infrastructure life cycle, from planning to operation. Resilient designs can minimize vulnerability through climate projections and risk assessments by understanding potential climate hazards like temperature increases, sea-level rise, extreme weather events, and altered precipitation patterns. Key strategies for climate resilience-based design include bolstering infrastructure robustness and redundancy, decentralizing critical services, employing nature-based solutions, and adopting adaptive management approaches. These strategies aim to improve the infrastructure's capacity to endure and recover from climate disruptions while maintaining functionality and minimizing economic losses. Interdisciplinary collaboration, stakeholder engagement, and long-term planning are emphasized in climate resilience-based design. Integrating climate science, engineering expertise, socioeconomic considerations, and policy frameworks can lead to sustainable and adaptive infrastructure solutions. Flexible design standards and regulations accommodating changing climate conditions are also vital. Implementing climate resilience-based design requires a paradigm shift in traditional engineering practices. Proactively considering current and future climate scenarios and prioritizing adaptive measures is necessary for infrastructure longevity and effectiveness. Embracing climate resilience-based design enables infrastructure to withstand climate change challenges and contributes to overall community sustainability and well-being. In conclusion, climate resilience-based design offers a holistic framework to develop robust and adaptive civil infrastructural systems amid climate change. Integrating climate considerations, stakeholder engagement, and innovative strategies can enhance infrastructure resilience, reduce vulnerability, and meet society’s needs amidst a changing climate.
On the Concept of Climate-Resilient Design of Civil Infrastructure Systems
Climate change significantly challenges civil infrastructure systems, which are crucial for societal needs and economic development. To address this, climate resilience-based design has emerged as a vital approach to mitigate climate impacts on infrastructure and enhance adaptability. This design approach considers climate change across the entire infrastructure life cycle, from planning to operation. Resilient designs can minimize vulnerability through climate projections and risk assessments by understanding potential climate hazards like temperature increases, sea-level rise, extreme weather events, and altered precipitation patterns. Key strategies for climate resilience-based design include bolstering infrastructure robustness and redundancy, decentralizing critical services, employing nature-based solutions, and adopting adaptive management approaches. These strategies aim to improve the infrastructure's capacity to endure and recover from climate disruptions while maintaining functionality and minimizing economic losses. Interdisciplinary collaboration, stakeholder engagement, and long-term planning are emphasized in climate resilience-based design. Integrating climate science, engineering expertise, socioeconomic considerations, and policy frameworks can lead to sustainable and adaptive infrastructure solutions. Flexible design standards and regulations accommodating changing climate conditions are also vital. Implementing climate resilience-based design requires a paradigm shift in traditional engineering practices. Proactively considering current and future climate scenarios and prioritizing adaptive measures is necessary for infrastructure longevity and effectiveness. Embracing climate resilience-based design enables infrastructure to withstand climate change challenges and contributes to overall community sustainability and well-being. In conclusion, climate resilience-based design offers a holistic framework to develop robust and adaptive civil infrastructural systems amid climate change. Integrating climate considerations, stakeholder engagement, and innovative strategies can enhance infrastructure resilience, reduce vulnerability, and meet society’s needs amidst a changing climate.
On the Concept of Climate-Resilient Design of Civil Infrastructure Systems
Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering
Alam, M. Shahria (editor) / Hasan, G. M. Jahid (editor) / Billah, A. H. M. Muntasir (editor) / Islam, Kamrul (editor) / Laskar, Jahir Iqbal (author) / Dutta, Subhrajit (author)
International Conference on Advances in Civil Infrastructure and Construction Materials ; 2023 ; Dhaka, Bangladesh
2024-08-31
6 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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