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

Wednesday, 17 December 2014: 10:20 AM-12:20 PM
Chairs:  Armin Munevar, CH2M HILL San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States and Mari R Tye, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States
Primary Conveners:  Mari R Tye, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, 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 Liaisons:  Mari R Tye, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

10:20 AM
NH32A-01
 
THE ENGINEERING FOR CLIMATE EXTREMES PARTNERSHIP
Greg J Holland and Mari R Tye, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States
10:30 AM
NH32A-02
 
Disaster As a Failure to Development
Francis Ghesquiere, World Bank, Washington, DC, United States
10:45 AM
NH32A-03
 
Building Indigenous Community Resilience in the Great Plains
Bob Gough, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States
11:00 AM
NH32A-04
 
Managing Expectations: Results from Case Studies of US Water Utilities on Preparing for, Coping with, and Adapting to Extreme Events
Nancy Beller-Simms, Sectoral Applications Research Program (SARP), NOAA Climate Program Office, Silver Spring, MD, United States and Karen Metchis, Environmental Protection Agency Washington DC, Washington, DC, United States
11:15 AM
NH32A-05
 
Explorations Around “Graceful Failure” in Transportation Infrastructure: Lessons Learned By the Infrastructure and Climate Network (ICNet)
Jennifer M Jacobs1, Natacha Thomas2, Weiwei Mo1, Paul H Kirshen1, Ellen Marie Douglas3, Jo Daniel1, Erin Bell1, Lee Friess1, Rajib Mallick4, Jack Kartez5, Katharine Hayhoe6 and Silvana Croope7, (1)Univ New Hampshire, Durham, NH, United States, (2)University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, United States, (3)Univ Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA, United States, (4)Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA, United States, (5)University of Southern Maine, Gorham, ME, United States, (6)Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, United States, (7)Delaware Department of Transportation, Dover, DE, United States
11:30 AM
NH32A-06
 
Climate Extremes and Adaptive Flood Management in the Central Valley, California
Armin Munevar, CH2M HILL San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States and Tapash Das, CH2M Hill San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States
11:45 AM
NH32A-07
 
Understanding Potential Climate Variability Impacts on the Offshore Energy Industry
James Stear, Chevron Corporation Houston, Houston, TX, United States
12:00 PM
NH32A-08
 
INSURING RESILIENCE - EMPLOYING APPROACHES FROM THE RE/INSURANCE SECTOR TO ENCOURAGE SUSTAINABLE DESIGN & OPERATIONS AGAINST NATURAL HAZARDS.
Rowan Douglas, Willis Group, London, United Kingdom
12:15 PM
 
Concluding Remarks
 
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