Recommendations for Investing in Infrastructure at the Intersection of Resilience, Sustainability, and Equity
Tien, I., “Recommendations for Investing in Infrastructure at the Intersection of Resilience, Sustainability, and Equity,” ASCE Journal of Infrastructure Systems, Vol. 28, No. 2, June 2022
Abstract — Infrastructure systems—including water distribution, power, communications, and transportation systems—are critical to our public health and safety, nationalsecurity, and economic growth. These systems, however, are aging and subject to increasing threats from both natural disasters and targeted attacks. With the significant funds that have been proposed and recently allocated to address America’s infrastructure shortfalls, now is the time to think about what that infrastructure can and will look like for the future. Our goal should be investing in infrastructure that will result in resilient, sustainable, and equitable systems in support of communities. This paper provides seven recommendations for how we should think about and invest in infrastructure to achieve resilience, sustainability, and equity goals. They represent key advances over past practice to achieve the systems we want for the future.
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