Infrastructure Resilience Metrics
Dr. James Calder
LeMay Publishing
WHITEPAPERS
Infrastructure Resilience Metrics
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Published by LeMay Publishing. 7,997 words across 46 chapters.
About This Publication
Technical whitepaper on measuring and certifying the resilience of critical infrastructure against climate disruption.
Published by LeMay Publishing, a division of LeMay. Massachusetts.
ISBN: 979-8-0000-5100-9
Chapters
1INFRASTRUCTURE RESILIENCE METRICS
2Measuring and Certifying the Resilience of Critical Infrastructure Against Climate Disruption
3ABOUT THE AUTHOR
4TABLE OF CONTENTS
51. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
62. THE PROBLEM STATEMENT: INFRASTRUCTURE IN AN ERA OF CLIMATIC NON-STATIONARITY
73. DEFINING RESILIENCE: FROM CONCEPT TO QUANTIFIABLE METRIC
84. EXISTING FRAMEWORKS AND THEIR LIMITATIONS
95. THE CALDER RESILIENCE INDEX (CRI): ARCHITECTURE AND METHODOLOGY
105.1 Weighting Calibration
115.2 Scoring Each Dimension
125.3 Temporal Dynamics
136. DOMAIN-SPECIFIC METRIC PROTOCOLS
146.1 Transportation Infrastructure
156.2 Water and Wastewater Systems
166.3 Energy Transmission and Distribution
176.4 Telecommunications and Digital Infrastructure
187. CLIMATE HAZARD INTEGRATION: COUPLING RESILIENCE METRICS WITH PROBABILISTIC CLIMATE PROJECTIONS
197.1 Projection Sources
207.2 Downscaling
217.3 Hazard Characterization
227.4 Compound and Cascading Hazards
237.5 Uncertainty Treatment
248. CERTIFICATION PROTOCOLS AND INSTITUTIONAL IMPLEMENTATION
258.1 Certification Tiers
268.2 Assessor Qualifications
278.3 Assessment Process
288.4 Re-Certification Cycle
298.5 Institutional Pathway
309. ECONOMIC JUSTIFICATION: THE RETURN ON RESILIENCE INVESTMENT
319.1 The Cost of Inaction
329.2 Benefit-Cost Framework
339.3 Insurance and Finance Integration
3410. CASE APPLICATIONS
3510.1 Case Application: Regional Bridge Portfolio
3610.2 Case Application: Coastal Wastewater Treatment Facility
3710.3 Case Application: Urban Electrical Distribution Network
3811. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR POLICY, STANDARDS BODIES, AND ASSET OWNERS
3912. CONCLUSION
4013. REFERENCES
41APPENDIX A: SUMMARY OF CRI SCORING RUBRIC
42Robustness ($R_1$) Reference Scoring Table
43Redundancy ($R_2$) Reference Scoring Table
44Rapidity ($R_3$) Reference Scoring Table
45Adaptability ($R_4$) Maturity Scoring Table
46APPENDIX B: GLOSSARY OF KEY TERMS