TY - GEN
T1 - Development and evolution of urban infrastructure in response to historical extreme events
AU - Markolf, Samuel A.
AU - Chester, Mikhail
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © ASCE. Copyright: Copyright 2017 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Events like Hurricane Katrina and Superstorm Sandy illustrate the devastating affect that extreme events can have on built infrastructure. However, less is known about how extreme events shape the design of infrastructure in the long-run. With this in mind, we use a combination of quantitative (SHELDUS and NOAA storm events databases) and qualitative (books and media coverage) data to catalog and evaluate historical extreme events from 1950 to 2017 for the Phoenix, New York City, and Miami in order to gain a better understanding of the influence that extreme weather events might have on infrastructure. Preliminary results indicate that extreme weather does appear to have an influence on the design, development, and management of infrastructure. Flooding appears to be primary driver of the more substantial/dramatic changes to infrastructure. However, in many cases, the SHELDUS/NOAA data indicates that flooding has neither been the most deadly nor most costly hazard.
AB - Events like Hurricane Katrina and Superstorm Sandy illustrate the devastating affect that extreme events can have on built infrastructure. However, less is known about how extreme events shape the design of infrastructure in the long-run. With this in mind, we use a combination of quantitative (SHELDUS and NOAA storm events databases) and qualitative (books and media coverage) data to catalog and evaluate historical extreme events from 1950 to 2017 for the Phoenix, New York City, and Miami in order to gain a better understanding of the influence that extreme weather events might have on infrastructure. Preliminary results indicate that extreme weather does appear to have an influence on the design, development, and management of infrastructure. Flooding appears to be primary driver of the more substantial/dramatic changes to infrastructure. However, in many cases, the SHELDUS/NOAA data indicates that flooding has neither been the most deadly nor most costly hazard.
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U2 - 10.1061/9780784481202.010
DO - 10.1061/9780784481202.010
M3 - Conference contribution
T3 - International Conference on Sustainable Infrastructure 2017: Policy, Finance, and Education - Proceedings of the International Conference on Sustainable Infrastructure 2017
SP - 96
EP - 105
BT - International Conference on Sustainable Infrastructure 2017
A2 - Pena-Mora, Feniosky
A2 - Soibelman, Lucio
PB - American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
T2 - 2017 International Conference on Sustainable Infrastructure: Policy, Finance, and Education, ICSI 2017
Y2 - 26 October 2017 through 28 October 2017
ER -