Adapting urban infrastructure to climate change: A drainage case study

Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Kirshen, Paul ^a   Caputo, Lauren ^b   Vogel, Richard M ^c   Mathisen, Paul ^d   Rosner, Ana ^e   Renaud, Tom ^f  

^a Univ of New Hampshire   (United States)

^b ESS Group   (United States)

^c Tufts University   (United States)

^d Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^f VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS   (United States)

Author keywords

Case studies; Climate change; Combined sewers; Drainage; Infrastructure; Overflow

Indexed keywords

COMBINED SEWERS; DRAINAGE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CASE-STUDIES; CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS; CLIMATE VARIABILITY AND CHANGE; EFFECTIVE INFRASTRUCTURES; INFRASTRUCTURE; OVERFLOW; PROACTIVE ADAPTATIONS; VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DRAINAGE; INFRASTRUCTURE; PLANNING PROCESS; SEWER NETWORK; STAKEHOLDER; URBAN AREA; URBAN PLANNING;

EID: 84925137377     PISSN: 07339496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.0000443     Document Type: Article

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