Prioritising climate adaptation options to minimise financial and distributional impacts of water supply disruptions

Journal article

The Arctic is warming quickly, changing the operating environment for which the region’s built environment was originally designed. As a result, critical infrastructure is oftentimes failing or nearing failure, threatening the public health and safety of nearby communities that are often largely populated by Alaska Natives. While urgent adaptation of infrastructure is necessary for such communities, critical adaptation processes for chronic disasters (e.g., coastal erosion, permafrost subside...

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Authors: Becher, O; Verschuur, J; Pant, R; Hall, J

• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Peer reviewed
• Publisher: IOP Publishing
• Journal: Environmental Research: Infrastructure and Sustainability
• Volume: 4
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 015007-015007
• Publication date: 2024-02-16
• DOI: 10.1088/2634-4505/ad0ff0
• EISSN: 2634-4505
• ISSN: 2634-4505
• Language: English
• Keywords: Natural resource economics; Economics; Environmental engineering; Environmental economics; Flood myth; Adaptation (eye); Finance; Environmental resource management; Environmental science; Equity (law); Business; Portfolio; Water supply