Accounting for Climate Resilience in Infrastructure Investment Decisionmaking: A Data-Driven Approach for Department of the Air Force Project Prioritization Research Summary

Abstract

Climate-driven natural hazards will continue to affect Department of the Air Force (DAF) installations and missions for the foreseeable future. There is a need for the DAF to consider how installation infrastructure projects that improve hazard resilience may be prioritized among all projects under consideration for funding. Although the DAF is taking initial steps to integrate hazard resilience into its existing funding and evaluation processes, DAF processes for allocating funds for infrastructure generally do not account for system performance under different threats and hazards

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 29, 2023
Accession Number
AD1209207

Entities

People

  • Anu Narayanan
  • Emmi Yonekura
  • Jay Balagna
  • Krista R. Grocholski
  • Maria Mccollester
  • Michael T. Wilson
  • Nihar Chhatiawala
  • Sarah Weilant
  • Sascha Ishikawa
  • Scott R. Stephenson

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber
  • Engineered Resilient Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Business Administration
  • Civil Engineering
  • Climate Change
  • Combat Readiness
  • Construction
  • Delphi Method
  • Department Of Defense
  • Employment
  • Engineers
  • Guidance
  • Infrastructure
  • Investments
  • Personnel Management
  • Resilience
  • Risk Management
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Systems Analysis and Design