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Lessons for Integrating Resilience Assessment and Infrastructure Planning

I am working to develop and implement tools that integrate climate change and disaster resilience into municipal decisions, infrastructure planning in particular.  One of the challenges I see is the variation in data availability and integration of projected impacts into planning decisions (e.g. flooding, urban heat island, drought, etc.).  Before any implementation measures can be developed, the data challenge must be addressed.  Data needs must balance an evaluation of the resolution needed for planning decisions and readily available local biophysical and urban characteristics (topography, rain gage data, vegetation, population projections, building footprint, etc.) These data are as important as the availability of regionally-specific climate change impact projection (sea level rise, temperature, precipitation, etc.). 

 

There are potential solutions to these challenges, but it seems that they must be tailored based on context.  I would like to discuss with any of you interested in this topic or who may have ideas or questions.   I would like to work towards development of approaches that allow for implementation anywhere.

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