Tag: Adaptation

Hurricane Resilience

Hurricane Resilience

Hurricane Resilience

09/02/19

“How can we make our infrastructure more resilient against hurricanes?”

With the advent of climate change, hurricanes are becoming more and more powerful. Just by witnessing the devastating aftermath from storms such as Katrina and Marina one can see that infrastructure in storm-prone areas needs to be redeveloped around Hurricane Resilience. Hurricane resilience can take many forms, such as hardening structures against wind to making streets more permeable to an influx of water.

Risk Assessment

Risk Assessment

Risk Assessment

08/30/19

“How can we assess risk?”

If phenomenon has a possibility of occurring with malignant effects it is classified as a risk. The origin of the risk, its spread, and its malignant effects can all be assessed. However, these all can be brought together under a complete Risk Assessment, which gives a holistic and quantitative overview of the entire picture.

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How Building Ventilation Can Build Resilience to Air Pollution

How Building Ventilation Can Build Resilience to Air Pollution

How Building Ventilation Can Build Resilience to Air Pollution

08/11/19

“How can building ventilation increase resilience against air pollution?”

With the advent of increasing industrialization and wildfires, humanity is facing a much larger air pollution problem than ever before. To build resilience against this, building ventilation can be used to filter out harmful particles from the built environment. This is How Building Ventilation Can Build Resilience Air Pollution.

Rain Gutter

Rain Gutter

Rain Gutter

08/01/19

“How can we discharge water from a building?”

Rainwater can build up and harm a building. Therefore, there needs to be some form of discharge to release everything. This is typically found in the form of a Rain Gutter attached to a building.

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How the Smart Grid Will Increase Electricity Stability

How the Smart Grid Will Increase Electricity Stability

How the Smart Grid Will Increase Electricity Stability

07/21/19

“How will the smart grid help prevent power outages?”

One of the leading causes of power outage is load mismatch. However, with the advent of the smart grid, distribution services will be better at managing this, thereby increasing resilience. This is How the Smart Grid Will Increase Electricity Stability.

Why Cross-Sector Communication Is Necessary for Interdependent Infrastructure Resilience

Why Cross-Sector Communication Is Necessary for Interdependent Infrastructure Resilience

Why Cross-Sector Communication Is Necessary for Interdependent Infrastructure Resilience

07/17/19

“Why do critical infrastructure professionals from different sectors need to talk to each other more?”

The closer one looks at infrastructure failures, the more one realizes how interdependent they all are. When a disaster strikes one, it strikes the others as well. If resilience planning is done for one infrastructure sector without taking others into account, true security can never be achieved. To do this, cross-sector communication must be established, whether it be how electricity failures can cause water treatment to ground to a halt or how ruptures in gas supply could induce transportation bottlenecks. This is Why Cross-Sector Communication Is Necessary for Interdependent Infrastructure Resilience.

Stormwater Bumpout

Stormwater Bumpout

Stormwater Bumpout

07/05/19

“How can we keep stormwater in an enclosed plant area to build flood resilience?”

Plants and soil are great for absorbing stormwater runoff. However, it can be hard to keep the water inside the necessary area. So how can we use our engineering mindsets to solve this? Well what if we were to create a curb that would encircle an green area with a small opening so water could enter? This is the idea behind a Stormwater Bumpout, a smart, easy, and sustainable way to manage incoming stormwater.

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Rain Gardens

Rain Gardens

Rain Gardens

07/01/19

“What is a simple way to build resilience against urban water runoff?”

With the advent of the changing climate, flood resilience will be a hot topic for urban areas. One of the simplest green stormwater infrastructure methods is to simply build Rain Gardens which can divert runoff water into depressed areas with soil to grow greenery. This is a simple and cost-effective method to enhance climate change resilience.

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