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Optimizing Community Infrastructure

Resilience in the Face of Shocks and Stresses

  • 1st Edition - October 11, 2019
  • Latest edition
  • Editor: Ryan Colker
  • Language: English

Optimizing Community Infrastructure: Resilience in the Face of Shocks and Stresses examines the resilience measures being deployed within individual disciplines and sectors a… Read more

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Description

Optimizing Community Infrastructure: Resilience in the Face of Shocks and Stresses examines the resilience measures being deployed within individual disciplines and sectors and how multi-stakeholder efforts can catalyze action to address global challenges in preparedness and disaster and hazard mitigation. The book provides a theoretical framework to advance thinking on creating resilient, inclusive, sustainable and safe communities. Users will find an accurate and up-to-date guide for working on the development, implementation, monitoring and assessment of policies, programs and projects related to community resilience.

Key features

  • Provides updated information on resilience, especially on infrastructure, finance, land use, standards and policies
  • Includes case studies that illustrate how communities have increased their resilience to natural and other disasters
  • Analyzes the institutional, political, social and economic dimensions of resilience at the community level
  • Illustrates the interdependencies and interconnectedness of infrastructure systems and how community resilience relies on a holistic approach
  • Examines responses to emerging risks associated with climate change

Readership

Professionals in the fields of land planning, engineering, architecture, urban planning, energy planning, water management, insurance, disaster prevention (e.g. civil protection), emergency management, corporate social responsibility, policy development, and climate risk communication. Also suitable for use in academic settings focused on resilience or interdisciplinary policy

Table of contents

Introduction to Infrastructure Resilience

Part I: Making the Case

Introduction

1. Resilient Infrastructure: Understanding Interconnectedness and Long-Term Risk
Alice C. Hill and William Kakenmaster

2. Sustainable and Resilient Buildings: Essential Together
Jason Hartke

Resilience Solutions

Part II: Utilities
Introduction

3. Managing Risk to Critical Infrastructures, Their Interdependencies, and the Region They Serve: A Risk Management Process
Jerry P. Brashear

4. Resilience of Electric Power Infrastructure
Jeff Dagle

5. Becoming a Resilient Water System: A Transformative Process
Michael Hooker, Geoffrey G. Miller and Timothy Taber

Part III: Finance
Introduction

6. Financing Resilient Infrastructure
Joyce Coffee

7. Addressing Climate Risk in Financial Decision Making
Natalie Ambrosio, Yoon Hui Kim, Stacy Swann and Ziyue Wang

Part VI: Landscapes and Land Use
Introduction

8. Harnessing Green Infrastructure for Resilient, Natural Solutions
Charriss R.H. York and John Jacob

9. How Smart Land Use Policies Help Avoid Future Headaches
Samantha Medlock and James Schwab

Part V: Buildings　
Introduction

10. The New Resilient Built Environment: Perspectives from Investors and Owners of Private Buildings
Devesh Nirmul and John Scott

11. The Role of the Designers and Other Building Practitioners in Advancing Resilience
Allison Hoadley Anderson

12. Building Codes: The Foundation for Resilient Communities
Cindy Davis and James Tim Ryan

Part VI: Policies & Practices
Introduction

13. Designing for Resilient Systems Under Emerging Risks
Allison C. Reilly and Bilal Ayyub

14. Where Are We? Why Community-Wide Benchmarking is Important
M. John Plodinec

15. How Philanthropy is Transforming Resilience Theory into Practical Applications at the Local Level
Robert G. Ottenhoff

Part VII: Conclusion

16. A Vision for Resilient Infrastructure
Ryan M. Colker

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: October 14, 2019
  • Language: English

About the editor

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Ryan Colker

Ryan M. Colker is Vice President of Innovation at the International Code Council, Washington DC, United States. He also serves as Executive Director of the Alliance for National and Community Resilience (ANCR), a national coalition working to provide communities with the tools necessary to holistically assess and improve their resilience. Prior to joining ICC, Colker served as Vice President at the National Institute of Building Sciences where he led the Institute’s efforts to improve the built environment through the collaboration of industry stakeholders from both the public and private sectors. At the Institute he directed the Consultative Council which develops findings and recommendations on behalf of the entire building community and served as staff director of the Council on Finance, Insurance and Real Estate; the National Council on Building Codes and Standards; the Off-Site Construction Council and the Institute’s STEM Education Program. He is a recognized expert on emerging issues within the built environment including resilience, building performance, and off-site construction and speaks and writes frequently on these subjects. Previously, he served as Manager of Government Affairs for the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) and as Program Director of the Renewable Natural Resources Foundation. He is a graduate of The George Washington University Law School, and holds a Bachelor of Arts, with honors, in environmental policy from the University of Florida.
Affiliations and expertise
Vice President of Innovation, International Code Council, Washington DC, United States, and Executive Director at the Alliance for National and Community Resilience, Washington DC, United States

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