Infrastructure Vulnerability Profile

Are you considering hazard and climate risks in your infrastructure planning, siting, and improvement decisions?

• What infrastructure is exposed to current and future hazard and climate threats?

• Why is infrastructure vulnerable?

• What can we do about it?

The incremental cost of infrastructure improvement to handle future growth

and climate variation is usually

minimal compared to the total

cost of the project.

What infrastructure is exposed?

• Transportation

• Housing

• Water, sewer, utilities

What infrastructure is exposed?

• Emergency facilities

• Special needs facilities

What is causing infrastructure to be vulnerable?

Location

Location

Location

What is causing infrastructure to be vulnerable?

What is causing infrastructure to be vulnerable?

• Building and construction practices

• Land use

• Service demands

Are you considering future hazard and climate risks in your infrastructure planning, siting, and improvement decisions?

Future Risk Considerations

Are the 2,000 miles and 2,200 structures of the water management system going to be able to handle increased precipitation?

Future Risk Considerations

Are infrastructure improvements accounting for sea level rise?

Adaptation is…

An on going process that will take years

It does not need to be done all at once

Make it part of routine planning, infrastructure maintenance, and improvements

Example Actions

• Limit variances in high risk areas

• Develop standard future condition scenarios

• Use capital improvement projects as an opportunity to make incremental improvements to structures that have a longer design life

• Use hazard and climate information when siting new structures

Your Charge

• Identify main concerns about the County’s infrastructure vulnerabilities to current and future hazards

• Identify how existing decision-making processes can improve concerns

• Identify actions to address these concerns