Climate Resilience and Benefit–Cost Analysis: A Handbook for Airports (2019) / Chapter Skim
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132 ACRP Synthesis 33: Airport Climate Adaptation and Resilience (Baglin 2012) provides a series of airport case examples to illustrate increases in risk due to a variety of different climate events.
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Potential Climate Change Effects and Illustrative Responses for Airports 133 Climate Change Phenomenon Change in Environmental Condition Airport Asset or Activity Primary Impact Effect of Impact Illustrative Responses Operations and Interruptions Infrastructure Temperature Change More hot days Utility systems (energy, water, fuel, etc.) Increase in temperature will increase demand in energy; e.g., for air conditioning and for water needed to cool air conditioning systems (in the terminal, airplanes, etc.)
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134 Climate Resilience and Benefit–Cost Analysis: A Handbook for Airports Climate Change Phenomenon Change in Environmental Condition Airport Asset or Activity Primary Impact Effect of Impact Illustrative Responses Operations and Interruptions Infrastructure Temperature Change Fewer cold days All More mix in precipitation, with shift from snow to ice (Peterson et al.
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Potential Climate Change Effects and Illustrative Responses for Airports 135 Climate Change Phenomenon Change in Environmental Condition Airport Asset or Activity Primary Impact Effect of Impact Illustrative Responses Operations and Interruptions Infrastructure Precipitation Changes Increase in heavy precipitation events Airfield, roads, bridges, stormwater drainage system Flooding, standing water (Peterson et al. 2008; Evaluating the Risk Assessment .
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136 Climate Resilience and Benefit–Cost Analysis: A Handbook for Airports Climate Change Phenomenon Change in Environmental Condition Airport Asset or Activity Primary Impact Effect of Impact Illustrative Responses Operations and Interruptions Infrastructure Sea Level Rise Rising water levels in coastal areas and rivers (Meyer 2011) All or part of airport In combination with incremental warming (NRC 2011)
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