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Title
Concepts and Practices for Transforming Infrastructure from Rigid to Adaptable
Description
Infrastructure are increasingly being recognized as too rigid to quickly adapt to a changing climate and a non-stationary future. This rigidness poses risks to and impacts on infrastructure service delivery and public welfare. Adaptivity in infrastructure is critical for managing uncertainties to continue providing services, yet little is known about how infrastructure can be made more agile and flexible towards improved adaptive capacity. A literature review identified approximately fifty examples of novel infrastructure and technologies which support adaptivity through one or more of ten theoretical competencies of adaptive infrastructure. From these examples emerged several infrastructure forms and possible strategies for adaptivity, including smart technologies, combined centralized/decentralized organizational structures, and renewable electricity generation. With institutional and cultural support, such novel structures and systems have the potential to transform infrastructure provision and management.
Date Created
2018
Contributors
- Gilrein, Erica (Author)
- Chester, Mikhail (Thesis advisor)
- Garcia, Margaret (Committee member)
- Allenby, Braden (Committee member)
- Arizona State University (Publisher)
Topical Subject
Resource Type
Extent
54 pages
Language
eng
Copyright Statement
In Copyright
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Peer-reviewed
No
Open Access
No
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.51603
Level of coding
minimal
Note
Masters Thesis Civil, Environmental and Sustainable Engineering 2018
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- 2021-08-26 09:47:01
- 3 years 2 months ago
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