Inframanage
Infrastructure Asset Management Resources
Excessive buildup, seismic activity, and groundwater depletion are sinking cities worldwide, including New York, Venice, Mumbai, and Jakarta. According to WEF, New York City's 1.68 trillion pounds of concrete, glass, and steel are built on the city's 777 square kilometers of land, compressing …
Continue Reading about Land Subsidence Becomes a Growing Threat to Urban Infrastructure →
Heavy rains, made more frequent and severe by climate change, lead to floods. Floods can cause dams to overflow, either over or around them, which poses a serious risk. These conditions can result in erosion, leading to dam breach or failure and sudden and uncontrolled bursts of water. Dam …
Continue Reading about How Climate Change Increases the Threat of Failure of Aging Dams →
In mid-January 2024, residents of Hale County, a county in the west central part of Alabama, said they had had no running water for days. The county has a population of around 14,800 residents. In Greensboro, Alabama, Judge Arthur Crawford told Inside Climate News that the problem is caused by …
Continue Reading about Infrastructure Fails, Climate Change Cause Water Crisis in Hale County →
Unfortunately, bridges and roads fail or are damaged due to several causes, such as wear and tear, natural or artificial disasters, or accidents and crashes. On 26 March 2024, at 1:30 AM, a container ship collided with the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, collapsing a portion of the bridge. …
Continue Reading about Infrastructure and Economic Impact of the Baltimore Bridge Collapse →
The Environment Agency data analysis reveals that more than 4000 of England's high-consequence flood defenses were rated "poor" or "very poor." These structures consist of flood walls and embankments to outfall pipes and culverts, which protect property and lives in some of England's most at–risk …
Continue Reading about The Role of Climate Change in Weakening Flood Defenses →
Flooding in the United States is its most expensive natural disaster, costing them an annual US $32.1 billion loss under a 2020 climate. Analysis from the study, Inequitable patterns of US flood risk in the Anthropocene, shows that flood risk will rise by 26% in 2050 due to climate change. …
Continue Reading about US Study Says Flood Risk Could Reduce House Prices →
Australia is significantly expanding its rail network for passenger and rail use, and the work will continue for many years. But integrating the old and existing rail infrastructure with new ones poses a challenge in construction and operation. According to Infrastructure Magazine, an October …
Continue Reading about Asset Management For Australia’s Expanding Railway Network Systems →
Many large, prosperous cities in the United States are situated along the coast. This has been relatively non-problematic until recent years, when storms, hurricanes, floods, and other climate-related threats, such as rising sea levels, have begun to increase their impacts on these cities. The …
Continue Reading about Coastal U.S. Cities Face High Infrastructure Costs to Mitigate Flood-risks →
In many developing countries, disasters triggered by climate change like landslides can negatively impact their infrastructure, livelihood, and economy. And because of inadequate resources or low-adaptive capacity, it would take some time for them to bounce back, unlike developed …
Continue Reading about Nepal Road Asset Management Uses Geohazard Risk Assessment →
River migration in the Philippines presents a serious hazard to its bridges. According to a Prevention Web article, "Monitoring moving rivers: Analysing threats to critical bridges in the Philippines," hydrometeorological threats or extreme events like flash floods, coastal flooding, landslides, …
Lansing, Michigan has succeeded in replacing all of it's 12,500 lead pipes. This large project has come at a high cost for the utility, but with careful investment, it has become a very manageable cost. The city has succeeded in avoiding problems that have arisen in other areas of the state of …
Continue Reading about Water Utility Management Lessons from Lansing’s Water System Project →
Cape Town, South Africa is facing a very dire situation due to a three-year-long mega-drought. By May, the city was expecting to have to turn off its water supply and hand out a meager 25 liters per day to its citizens, who will have to make their way through long and potentially dangerous crowds …
Continue Reading about Applying Infrastructure Asset Management Practice to Shun “Day Zero” →
