Current Patterns of Exposure in the Continental United States

Examination of exposure data across natural hazards reveals where and how infrastructure risk may be concentrated across the country. This analysis confirms that infrastructure across the continental United States faces exposure to many types of hazards. But, the analysis also reveals areas of the c...

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Published inCurrent and Future Exposure of Infrastructure in the United States to Natural Hazards p. 13
Main Authors Henry H. Willis, Anu Narayanan, Jordan R. Fischbach, Edmundo Molina-Perez, Chuck Stelzner, Kathleen Loa, Lauren Kendrick
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published RAND Corporation 18.07.2016
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Applied sciences
Atmospheric sciences
Bodies of water
Civil engineering
Coastal landforms
Coasts
Disasters
Drought
Earth sciences
Engineering
Environmental hazards
Environmental studies
Fires
Floods
Geography
Geomorphology
Health and wellness
Health hazards
Health sciences
Hydrology
Ice storms
Infrastructure
Landforms
Meteorological phenomena
Meteorology
Natural hazards
Physical sciences
Public health
River water
Rivers
Storms
Weather
Weather conditions
Wildfires
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Summary:Examination of exposure data across natural hazards reveals where and how infrastructure risk may be concentrated across the country. This analysis confirms that infrastructure across the continental United States faces exposure to many types of hazards. But, the analysis also reveals areas of the country where infrastructure may face greater exposure to natural disaster, because of either exposures to multiple hazards or a disproportionate concentration of infrastructure. Current regional patterns of exposure to natural hazards in the United States are generally believed to be well understood.¹ Figure 3.1 presents the exposure of the infrastructure assets in Table 2.1 to several
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