Progress and Challenges in Incorporating Climate Change Information into Transportation Research and Design
Abstract
The vulnerability of our nation’s transportation infrastructure to climate change and extreme weather is now well documented and the transportation community has identified numerous strategies to potentially mitigate these vulnerabilities. The challenges to the infrastructure sector presented by climate change can only be met through collaboration between the climate science community, who evaluate what the future will likely look like, and the engineering community, who implement our societal response. To facilitate this process, the authors asked: what progress has been made and what needs to be done now in order to allow for the graceful convergence of these two disciplines? In late 2012, the Infrastructure and Climate Network (ICNet), a National Science Foundation–supported research collaboration network, was established to answer that question. This article presents examples of how the ICNet experience has shown the way toward a new generation of innovation and cross-disciplinary research, challenges that can be address by such collaboration, and specific guidance for partnerships and methods to effectively address complex questions requiring a cogeneration of knowledge.
Department
Earth Systems Research Center
Publication Date
12-1-2017
Journal Title
Journal of Infrastructure Systems
Publisher
ASCE, American Society of Civil Engineers
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
Document Type
Article
Recommended Citation
Douglas, E., J. Jacobs, K. Hayhoe, J. Daniel, B. Anderson, C. Hebson, M. Collins, E. Mecray, A. Alipour, Q. Zou, L. Friess, H. Miller, P. Kirshen, J. Kartez, A. Stoner, E. Bell, C. Schwartz, N. Thomas, R. Mallick, S. Miller, B. Audet, and C. Wake. 2017. Incorporating climate change information into transportation research and design. Journal of Infrastructure Systems. 23(4).
Rights
©2017 American Society of Civil Engineers