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Form Approved OMB No. 0704-0188
1. AGENCY USE ONLY |
2. REPORT DATE January 2015 |
3. REPORT TYPE AND DATES Final Report |
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4. TITLE AND SUBTITLE Extreme Weather Vulnerability Assessment |
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6. AUTHOR(S) Thor Anderson, Charles Beck, Kris Gade, Steven Olmsted |
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7. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES) Cambridge Systematics 38 East 32nd Street, 7th Floor New York, NY 10016 |
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9. SPONSORING/MONITORING AGENCY NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES) Arizona Department of Transportation 206 S. 17th Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85007 Federal Highway Administration 1200 New Jersey Ave, SE, Washington, DC 20590 |
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13. ABSTRACT (Maximum 200 words) This study, as part of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Climate Change Resilience Pilot program, assessed the vulnerability of ADOT-managed transportation infrastructure to Arizona-specific extreme weather. ADOT elected to focus on the Interstate corridor connecting Nogales, Tucson, Phoenix, and Flagstaff (I‑19, I‑10, and I‑17). This corridor includes a variety of urban areas, landscapes, biotic communities and climate zones, which present a range of weather conditions applicable to much of Arizona. The project team examined climate-related stressors including Extreme Heat, Freeze-Thaw, Extreme Precipitation, and Wildfire, considering the potential change in these risk factors as the century progresses. This assessment qualitatively addresses the complex, often uncertain interactions between climate and extreme weather, land cover types, and transportation facilities-with an ultimate focus on potential risks to infrastructure by District. |
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14. SUBJECT TERMS climate change, adaptation |
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17. SECURITY CLASSIFICATION OF REPORT Unclassified |
18. SECURITY CLASSIFICATION OF THIS PAGE Unclassified |
19. SECURITY CLASSIFICATION OF ABSTRACT Unclassified |
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