The document discusses the massive infrastructure project undertaken in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina to adapt to climate change and reduce flood risk. The project utilized natural and man-made flood protection elements in a systems-based approach. Elements included levees, walls, gates, wetlands, dunes, and pumps. The project was designed to provide 1% annual flood protection at the end of the 50-year project lifespan considering factors like sea level rise. It has already proven effective, avoiding significant damages during Hurricane Isaac in 2012. The document argues this kind of large-scale, adaptive project can serve as a model for other communities to reduce climate change risks.
Bolsterning National & Global Resilience in the Face of 21st Century MayhemNU_Seattle
Dr. Stephen Flynn, one of the world’s leading experts on critical infrastructure resilience and Director of Northeastern University's Center for Resilience Studies, presented March 31, 2016.
Coming to Northeastern University–Seattle this Fall!
The online Graduate Certificate in Security & Resilience Studies prepares students to manage contemporary transnational risks through gaining a systematic understanding of the principles and policies for enhancing the Security and Resilience of communities and critical systems. http://www.northeastern.edu/seattle/academic_program/graduate-certificate-security-resilience-studies
A presentation on asphalt pavements and infrastructure resiliency delivered by California Asphalt Pavement Association Technical Director Brandon Milar, P.E., at the American Public Works Association Expo and Conference held Aug. 27-30, 2023 in San Diego, Calif. Special thanks go to the National Center for Asphalt Technology at Auburn University for the development of this presentation.
A representative from the Network for Sustainable Hydropower Development for Mekong Region with the support of MRC-GIZ Cooperation Programme gave a presentation on hydropower siting, design, and operations in a changing climate.
Bolsterning National & Global Resilience in the Face of 21st Century MayhemNU_Seattle
Dr. Stephen Flynn, one of the world’s leading experts on critical infrastructure resilience and Director of Northeastern University's Center for Resilience Studies, presented March 31, 2016.
Coming to Northeastern University–Seattle this Fall!
The online Graduate Certificate in Security & Resilience Studies prepares students to manage contemporary transnational risks through gaining a systematic understanding of the principles and policies for enhancing the Security and Resilience of communities and critical systems. http://www.northeastern.edu/seattle/academic_program/graduate-certificate-security-resilience-studies
A presentation on asphalt pavements and infrastructure resiliency delivered by California Asphalt Pavement Association Technical Director Brandon Milar, P.E., at the American Public Works Association Expo and Conference held Aug. 27-30, 2023 in San Diego, Calif. Special thanks go to the National Center for Asphalt Technology at Auburn University for the development of this presentation.
A representative from the Network for Sustainable Hydropower Development for Mekong Region with the support of MRC-GIZ Cooperation Programme gave a presentation on hydropower siting, design, and operations in a changing climate.
"U.S. Flood Modeling" - Presented at the RAA's Cat Modeling Conference 2014RMS
RMS recently spoke at the RAA's Catastrophe Modeling conference in Orlando, discussing U.S. flood risk, specifically about flood modeling, recent successes and future progress to improving the state of flood modeling.
A summarised presentation of a study conducted by Cam Leitch and Shane Holborn for the Queensland Australia nursery industry investigating damage from cyclones (hurricanes) and high wind events.
Australia will face significant human and economic costs because its infrastructure is poorly equipped to handle more frequent extreme weather events and other consequences of climate change.
A new report by The Climate Institute, Coming Ready or Not: Managing climate risks to Australia’s infrastructure, gathers research on the physical impacts and consequences of climate change on major infrastructure across the property, electricity, road and rail and finance sectors. It examines the preparedness of businesses and governments to manage these risks and the steps needed to improve Australia’s climate readiness.
Making florida flood impact resilient by nature 041216Marco Pluijm
This paper is about which mitigation and protection strategies are seen as viable solutions for solving the challenges Florida is facing in terms of sea level rise, flood control and hurricane impact safety and resilience.
Based on the Resilient by Nature approach, which finds its origin in what can be learned from coastal zones which face similar impact exposures or even worse and suffer less damage or hardly any at all. Translating those capabilities to areas less flood and extreme weather impact resilient, such as large parts of Florida.
Solutions for the affected areas are presented as input towards a safer and much more resilient coastal system for Florida and similar places, with regard to a rapid changing climate, accelerated sea level rise and overall related extreme weather impacts.
In order to prevent the situation that large parts of the built environment of Miami and the Keys will become the new Atlantis, sunken and lost cities.
6th International Disaster and Risk Conference IDRC 2016 Integrative Risk Management - Towards Resilient Cities. 28 August - 01 September 2016 in Davos, Switzerland
Presentation presented at 11icud conference in eEdinburgh in 2008. 4 components to reduce vulnerability are presented: 1) Threshold capacity, 2) coping capacity 3) recovery capacity and 4) adaptive capacity. For a comprehensive approach to reduce vulnerability and increase resilience, all 4 capacities need to be taken into account.
Exploring Career Paths in Cybersecurity for Technical CommunicatorsBen Woelk, CISSP, CPTC
Brief overview of career options in cybersecurity for technical communicators. Includes discussion of my career path, certification options, NICE and NIST resources.
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17. Charles Darwin: “It is not the strongest species
that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the
ones most able to adapt to change.”
Organizations inspired by nature are resilient,
optimizing, adaptive, systems-based,
values-based, and life-supporting.
The more resilient an organization is, the
more able it is to successfully deal
With disturbances and volatility.
18.
19. Case
Study
• Greater
New
Orleans
post-‐Katrina
Infrastructure
and
Coastal
Restora?on
System
– Biggest
Untold
Story
of
Success
and
Possibility!
– Massive
undertaking
can
serve
as
example
for
Climate
Change
Adapta?on
Measures
to
reduce
actual
risk—
not
just
insure
financial
exposures
– Started
in
2007,
func?onal
in
2011
–AMAZING!!
– U?lized
Expedited
NEPA
– During
Hurricane
Isaac
in
2012
avoided
damages
far
greater
than
its
cost
–
an
excellent
ROI
20.
21. Plan
Formula?on
• Congress
Mandated
1%
annual
risk
• What
is
service
life?
Steel/Concrete
=
50
yrs
• What
will
condi?ons
be
at
END
OF
SERVICE?
CHANGED!
• How
to
op?mize
budget
provided?
• Project
Re-‐Defined
Risk-‐Based
Infrastructure
Formula?on
• Factored
in
SLR,
subsidence,
etc
• Forecasts
for
basis
of
design
• Truly
systems-‐based
approach
of
hard
and
green
• Not
just
1%
chance
of
flooding
TODAY
as
is
typical
• End
of
service
1%
chance
of
flooding
• PLUS
resilience
for
500-‐yr
storm
throughout
and
beyond
22.
23. Design
Criteria
• SLR,
Weather
and
Hydraulics
• Frontal
ocean
assault
>>>
wind
forces
• Water
where?
(subsidence,
surge,
waves,
etc)
• What
can
it
carry?
(?mbers,
ships,
structures)
• Durability
and
Synergy
• Structural
strength
requirements
• Design
eleva?on
requirements
(wet
and
dry)
• Interac?on
of
elements
(weak
links,
complementary)
• HSDRRS
Criteria
for
system
and
elements
24. The
Elements
• Mul?ple
Lines
of
Defense
– Linear
Infrastructure:
Levees,
Walls,
Gates,
etc
– Natural
sun-‐gathering
ecosystems
– Landforms
as
barriers,
self
genera?ng
– Behavior:
Evacua?on,
pumps,
raised
buildings,
etc
• Adap?ve
Management
– Works
for
different
storm
events
today
– Capable
of
performing
and
evolving
over
?me
– Designed
for
modified
structures
and
opera?ons
– Could
address
scenarios
not
currently
known
27. The
biggest
and
best
results
are
not
visible
• New
Ways
to
Collaborate
– Government
↔
Industry
– Government
↔
Public
– Government
↔
Researchers
• New
Ways
to
Communicate
– Risk
and
Uncertainty
– Future
Scenarios
– Transparency
and
Verifica?on
