TY - JOUR
T1 - The vulnerability of interdependent urban infrastructure systems to climate change
T2 - could Phoenix experience a Katrina of extreme heat?
AU - Clark, Susan Spierre
AU - Chester, Mikhail V.
AU - Seager, Thomas P.
AU - Eisenberg, Daniel A.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the National Science Foundation [grant number 1360509], [grant number 1441352], [grant number 1335556], [grant number 1635490]; the US. Navy [grant number 11967796]. The authors would also like to thank Emily Bondank for her technical assistance with this manuscript.
Funding Information:
This work was supported by the National Science Foundation [grant number 1360509], [grant number 1441352], [grant number 1335556], [grant number 1635490]; the US. Navy [grant number 11967796].
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2019/1/2
Y1 - 2019/1/2
N2 - Continued growth in the American Southwest depends on the reliable delivery of services by critical infrastructure systems, including water, power, and transportation. As these systems age, they are increasingly vulnerable to extreme heat events that both increase infrastructure demands and reveal complex interdependencies that amplify stressors. While the traditional analytic approach to preparing for such hazards is risk analysis, the experience of Hurricane Katrina provides a warning of the limitations of risk-based approaches for confronting complexity, and the potential scale and impact that can result from cascading failures under extreme stress. By contrast, this research is the first to apply resilience theory to understanding complex infrastructure interdependencies during an extreme heat event in Phoenix, AZ and the role of sensing, anticipating, adapting, and learning (SAAL) for mitigating catastrophe.
AB - Continued growth in the American Southwest depends on the reliable delivery of services by critical infrastructure systems, including water, power, and transportation. As these systems age, they are increasingly vulnerable to extreme heat events that both increase infrastructure demands and reveal complex interdependencies that amplify stressors. While the traditional analytic approach to preparing for such hazards is risk analysis, the experience of Hurricane Katrina provides a warning of the limitations of risk-based approaches for confronting complexity, and the potential scale and impact that can result from cascading failures under extreme stress. By contrast, this research is the first to apply resilience theory to understanding complex infrastructure interdependencies during an extreme heat event in Phoenix, AZ and the role of sensing, anticipating, adapting, and learning (SAAL) for mitigating catastrophe.
KW - Extreme heat
KW - Phoenix, AZ
KW - critical infrastructure
KW - interdependent infrastructure systems
KW - resilience
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U2 - 10.1080/23789689.2018.1448668
DO - 10.1080/23789689.2018.1448668
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85082029012
SN - 2378-9689
VL - 4
SP - 21
EP - 35
JO - Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure
JF - Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure
IS - 1
ER -