Improved infrastructure management key in an era of climate change

Climate change is introducing new elements into the discussion of factors that challenge existing facilities and design practices that were not previously considered.

Soldiers stack sandbags at Constance Bay on Apr. 30, 2019. Issues like melting permafrost, rising sea levels, and the quantification of 100-year weather events used in the design of infrastructure must be addressed, designed for, constructed, and managed, write Brenda McCabe and J. David Innes.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY BRENDA MCCABE AND J. DAVID INNES

October 20, 2021

While the evidence of climate change is everywhere, the impact of these changes on our infrastructure can be less obvious than the disruption to our daily lives. Yet the impacts are there, and climate change is becoming an increasing threat to our aging infrastructure. To cope with these threats, a...

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