Highways in the Coastal Environment: Assessing Extreme Events

by Federal Highway Administration and U.S. Department of Transportation

The US transportation system is vulnerable to coastal extreme event storms today and this vulnerability will increase with climate change. This vulnerability will increase as sea levels rise. Many projections of future sea levels suggest accelerated rise rates resulting from global climate change. Higher sea levels will combine with future extreme events to increase the vulnerability of coastal highways, bridges, and other transportation infrastructure...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1508593973
• ISBN13: 9781508593973
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 148 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.5" x 11.0"