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Failure Becomes an Option for Infrastructure Engineers Facing Climate Change
2013-06-28 01:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Daily Climate: Civil engineers build rugged things designed to last for decades, like roads, bridges, culverts and water treatment plants. But a University of New Hampshire professor wants his profession to become much more flexible. In a changing climate, civil engineer Paul Kirshen argues, facilities will have to adapt to changing conditions over their useful lives and, in some instances, be allowed to fail. A leading example of this approach: The Netherlands' Room for the River project: Decades of thinking...
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Category:Electronics and Electrical