Climate Adaptive Predictive Approaches for Geotechnical Infrastructure Components in Mississippi
Publication: Geo-Congress 2024
ABSTRACT
Over the last 10 years, the southeastern region of the United States has been directly impacted by climate change through a greater frequency of more intense rainfall and hurricanes, and led to billions of dollars in damage to infrastructure. The study defines the specific impacts of climate change on a random selection of geotechnical infrastructure components (GIC) (embankments and retaining walls) in southeast Mississippi and determines adaptive climate solutions. During this study, statistics (hurricane records) were presented to expose the severity of the geotechnical infrastructure components damage and how climate change directly impacts GIC; direct assessments are proposed as a predictive measurement to mitigate damage costs. Determining the steps that could be taken to develop and better prepare for lasting issues that come with climate change is the primary purpose of the pre-assessments. With a detailed inventory of deterioration to the existing infrastructure prior to the return of severe storms, adaptive climate solutions can be explored on a case-by-case basis, allowing a more holistic approach than what is typically available during emergency response following a storm.
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Pages: 482 - 492
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Published online: Feb 22, 2024
ASCE Technical Topics:
- Adaptive systems
- Climate change
- Climates
- Disaster risk management
- Disasters and hazards
- Engineering fundamentals
- Environmental engineering
- Geotechnical engineering
- Hurricanes, typhoons, and cyclones
- Infrastructure
- Light rail transit
- Meteorology
- Natural disasters
- Precipitation
- Rail transportation
- Storms
- Systems engineering
- Systems management
- Transportation engineering
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