ABSTRACT
Climate hazards such as floods, hurricanes, drought, and heat waves affect critical infrastructure in multiple ways and have adverse societal impacts and repercussions. This chapter highlights infrastructure interdependencies by presenting examples from various cities and places across the globe. A section is dedicated to summarizing various combinations of geospatial technologies, data, and models used to assess exposure, vulnerability, and risk of critical infrastructure to climate hazards. The chapter includes a case study that features the use of geospatial technology to assess the impact of sea level rise on land use and public infrastructure in Broward County, Florida. This is followed by a discussion of mitigation and adaptation strategies in the final section of the chapter.
