Infrastructure resilience under a changing climate: the urgent need for engineers to act

IF 0.4 4区 工程技术 Q4 ENGINEERING, CIVIL Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Civil Engineering Pub Date : 2024-03-13 DOI:10.1680/jcien.24.00010
John Dora, Emma Jayne Sakamoto Ferranti
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Extreme weather events are increasing in frequency and intensity, as are associated hazards such as floods, wildfires and overheating. Long-term sea level rise could have devastating impacts on coastal communities. In the last 20 years there has been steady progress in embedding climate adaptation within engineering practice, but the climate is changing more rapidly than the engineering sector is responding. This short piece outlines the challenges and progress in adapting to climate change, and the tools available for engineers to act, now, to enable infrastructure resilience within our rapidly changing climate. Engineers can use sector guidance and international (ISO) and British standards to plan, design, refurbish, maintain and operate infrastructure under a changing climate. There are tools to build organisational capacity, so that key decision makers are aware of the need to address climate change and have the leadership to access expertise and implement change. The ICE and fellow engineering institutions must promote climate awareness and capacity building both for students in higher education and at a strategic level within their membership.
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气候变化下的基础设施复原力:工程师迫切需要采取行动
极端天气事件越来越频繁,强度也越来越大,洪水、野火和过热等相关灾害也是如此。长期的海平面上升可能会对沿海社区造成破坏性影响。在过去 20 年中,将气候适应纳入工程实践的工作取得了稳步进展,但气候的变化速度超过了工程部门的响应速度。这篇短文概述了在适应气候变化方面所面临的挑战和取得的进展,以及工程师们现在可以采用的工具,以便在快速变化的气候条件下提高基础设施的抗灾能力。工程师可以利用行业指南、国际标准化组织(ISO)和英国标准,在不断变化的气候条件下规划、设计、翻新、维护和运营基础设施。有一些工具可以培养组织能力,使主要决策者意识到应对气候变化的必要性,并有领导能力获取专业知识和实施变革。国际工程师学会和其他工程机构必须在高等教育学生中以及在其成员的战略层面上促进气候意识和能力建设。
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期刊介绍: Civil Engineering, listed by the Web of Science, is the ICE''s flagship journal. Practical and diverse in its scope, it publishes overview papers for the non-specialist on any subject relevant to civil engineering today. Topics range from landmark projects to philosophical, ethical, environmental, management and safety issues. Peer review, copyediting, and colour publication by Civil Engineering are free. If accepted, published papers are easily found by Google search, as well as in specialist citation indexes. There is also the option of making your article open access, should you wish to. Published authors receive a free electronic copy of their article to share with their peers. Furthermore, as well exposure to ICE''s 91,000-strong membership, published papers are promoted via our social media channels, accessing the wider civil engineering community. It is free to submit a paper to this journal. Papers appear Ahead of Print (below) as soon as they are ready to be published. Ahead of print articles are fully citable. using the DOI system
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