Land change science

Chapter twelve, transportation, key message three.

Current infrastructure is typically designed for historical climate conditions, chapter twelve, transportation, key message one, and development patterns.

For instance, coastal land use generally do not account for a changing climate, chapter five, land changes state of the sector, resulting in increasing vulnerability to future risks from weather extremes and climate change, chapter eleven, urban, key message two.

Infrastructure age and deterioration make failure or interrupted service from extreme weather even more likely, chapter eleven, urban, key message two.

Climate change is expected to increase the costs of maintaining, repairing, and replacing infrastructure with differences across regions.