Lifelines : The Resilient Infrastructure Opportunity

From serving our most basic needs to enabling our most ambitious ventures in trade and technology, infrastructure services are essential for raising and maintaining people’s quality of life. Yet millions of people, especially in low- and middle-income countries, are facing the consequences of unreli...

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Main Authors:	Hallegatte, Stephane, Rentschler, Jun, Rozenberg, Julie
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2019
Subjects:	INFRASTRUCTURE RESILIENCE NATURAL DISASTERS CLIMATE CHANGE ENERGY TRANSPORT TELECOMMUNICATION WATER AND SANITATION RISK ASSESSMENT
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/111181560974989791/Lifelines-The-Resilient-Infrastructure-Opportunity http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31805

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spelling	okr-10986-318052021-04-23T14:05:11Z Lifelines : The Resilient Infrastructure Opportunity Hallegatte, Stephane Rentschler, Jun Rozenberg, Julie INFRASTRUCTURE RESILIENCE NATURAL DISASTERS CLIMATE CHANGE ENERGY TRANSPORT TELECOMMUNICATION WATER AND SANITATION RISK ASSESSMENT From serving our most basic needs to enabling our most ambitious ventures in trade and technology, infrastructure services are essential for raising and maintaining people’s quality of life. Yet millions of people, especially in low- and middle-income countries, are facing the consequences of unreliable electricity grids, inadequate water and sanitation systems, and overstrained transport networks. Natural hazards magnify the challenges faced by these fragile systems. Building on a wide range of case studies, global empirical analyses, and modeling exercises, Lifelines lays out a framework for understanding infrastructure resilience—the ability of infrastructure systems to function and meet users’ needs during and after a natural shock—and it makes an economic case for building more resilient infrastructure. Lifelines concludes by identifying five obstacles to resilient infrastructure and offering concrete recommendations and specific actions that can be taken by governments, stakeholders, and the international community to improve the quality and resilience of these essential services, and thereby contribute to more resilient and prosperous societies. 2019-06-06T19:59:09Z 2019-06-06T19:59:09Z 2019-06-19 Book http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/111181560974989791/Lifelines-The-Resilient-Infrastructure-Opportunity 978-1-4648-1430-3 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31805 English Sustainable Infrastructure; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research
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description	From serving our most basic needs to enabling our most ambitious ventures in trade and technology, infrastructure services are essential for raising and maintaining people’s quality of life. Yet millions of people, especially in low- and middle-income countries, are facing the consequences of unreliable electricity grids, inadequate water and sanitation systems, and overstrained transport networks. Natural hazards magnify the challenges faced by these fragile systems. Building on a wide range of case studies, global empirical analyses, and modeling exercises, Lifelines lays out a framework for understanding infrastructure resilience—the ability of infrastructure systems to function and meet users’ needs during and after a natural shock—and it makes an economic case for building more resilient infrastructure. Lifelines concludes by identifying five obstacles to resilient infrastructure and offering concrete recommendations and specific actions that can be taken by governments, stakeholders, and the international community to improve the quality and resilience of these essential services, and thereby contribute to more resilient and prosperous societies.
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author	Hallegatte, Stephane Rentschler, Jun Rozenberg, Julie
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title	Lifelines : The Resilient Infrastructure Opportunity
title_short	Lifelines : The Resilient Infrastructure Opportunity
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publisher	Washington, DC: World Bank
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