NH32A:
Exploring "Graceful Failure" to Improve Societal Resilience to Weather and Climate Extremes I

Session ID#: 2610

Wednesday, 17 December 2014: 10:20 AM-12:20 PM
309 (Moscone_South)
Chairs:  Armin Munevar, CH2M HILL San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States and Mari R Tye, NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, CGD Laboratory, Boulder, United States
Primary Convener:  Mari R Tye, NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, CGD Laboratory, Boulder, United States
Co-conveners:  Greg J Holland, NCAR, Boulder, CO, United States, Karl Jones, Willis Re Australia, New Zealand and Pacific Region, Sydney, Australia and Armin Munevar, CH2M Hill San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Mari R Tye, NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, CGD Laboratory, Boulder, United States
Index Terms:

4313 Extreme events [NATURAL HAZARDS]
4327 Resilience [NATURAL HAZARDS]
4342 Emergency management [NATURAL HAZARDS]
4343 Preparedness and planning [NATURAL HAZARDS]
Virtual Option?: No
Swirl Theme: Global Change: Science Literacy, Societal Impacts, and Response Strategies

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

NH32A-01
THE ENGINEERING FOR CLIMATE EXTREMES PARTNERSHIP (29738)
Greg J Holland, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States and Mari R Tye, NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, CGD Laboratory, Boulder, United States
NH32A-02
Disaster As a Failure to Development (Invited) (5808)
Francis Ghesquiere, World Bank, Washington, DC, United States
NH32A-03
Building Indigenous Community Resilience in the Great Plains (Invited) (6177)
Bob Gough, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States
NH32A-05
Explorations Around “Graceful Failure” in Transportation Infrastructure: Lessons Learned By the Infrastructure and Climate Network (ICNet) (10839)
Jennifer M Jacobs1, Natacha Thomas2, Weiwei Mo3, Paul H Kirshen4, Ellen Marie Douglas5, Jo Daniel6, Erin Bell3, Lee Friess7, Rajib Mallick8, Jack Kartez9, Katharine Hayhoe10, Silvana Croope11 and The Infrastructure and Climate Network, (1)University of New Hampshire, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space; Civil and Environmental Engineering, Durham, United States, (2)University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, United States, (3)University of New Hampshire, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Durham, United States, (4)Univ New Hampshire, Durham, United States, (5)Univ Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA, United States, (6)University of New Hampshire, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Durham, NH, United States, (7)Univ New Hampshire, Durham, NH, United States, (8)Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA, United States, (9)University of Southern Maine, Gorham, ME, United States, (10)Texas Tech University, Climate Center, Lubbock, TX, United States, (11)Delaware Department of Transportation, Dover, DE, United States
NH32A-06
Climate Extremes and Adaptive Flood Management in the Central Valley, California (Invited) (32163)
Armin Munevar, CH2M HILL San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States and Tapash Das, CH2M Hill San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States
NH32A-07
Understanding Potential Climate Variability Impacts on the Offshore Energy Industry (Invited) (5926)
James Stear, Chevron Corporation Houston, Houston, TX, United States
NH32A-08
INSURING RESILIENCE - EMPLOYING APPROACHES FROM THE RE/INSURANCE SECTOR TO ENCOURAGE SUSTAINABLE DESIGN & OPERATIONS AGAINST NATURAL HAZARDS. (Invited) (22818)
Rowan Douglas, Willis Group, London, United Kingdom
Concluding Remarks
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