Managing Risks to Civil Infrastructure due to Natural Hazards: Communicating Long-Term Risks due to Climate Change

Bruce R. Ellingwood () and Ji Yun Lee ()
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Bruce R. Ellingwood: Colorado State University
Ji Yun Lee: Georgia Institute of Technology

Chapter Chapter 7 in Risk Analysis of Natural Hazards, 2016, pp 97-112 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Civil infrastructure facilities play a central role in the well-being of modern society. Lifecycle engineering of such facilities requires consideration of uncertainties in natural hazard occurrence and intensity, and the response of buildings, bridges, transportation networks and lifelines to these hazards. The service periods for certain critical civil infrastructure facilities may extend well beyond the service lives of 50–100 years traditionally adopted for buildings and bridges. The potential effects of global climate change on such facilities, both in terms of frequency and severity of the extreme events from natural hazards, have become a major concern to facility owners and to authorities responsible for managing risk in the public interest. This paper examines issues that must be addressed in life-cycle reliability assessment of civil infrastructure that must remain functional for service periods of several generations.

Keywords: Discount Rate; Intergenerational Equity; Civil Infrastructure; Annual Discount Rate; Probabilistic Risk Analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-22126-7_7

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