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An overview of resilience and climate change

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BULLETIN OF THE ATOMIC SCIENTISTS
Volume 74, Issue 2, Pages 61-65

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SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/00963402.2018.1436803

Keywords

Climate change; future-proof; infrastructure; adaptation; climate denial; city planning; sea level rise; land-use; resilience

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What do we mean when we speak in terms of resilience? Why has resilience become the hot buzzword, and why is it useful for political leaders who want to avoid saying the words climate change? Will the choice of words make a difference when it comes to the need to design infrastructure - roads, bridges, tunnels, houses, factories, power plants, airports, railroads - with rising sea levels, increased storms, and hotter temperatures in mind?

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