12-765 Special Topics: International Climate Adaptation & Infrastructure Innovation
6 units, Carnegie Mellon University
Although an international problem, climate change will affect each countrys critical infrastructure in diverse ways. This course will focus on understanding how international communities are adapting and innovating to reduce critical infrastructure risk. Students will be able to list and describe natural hazards affected by climate change, focusing on their impacts on natural and built critical infrastructure systems in physically, socially, and economically diverse countries. Students will then use costbenefit analysis, the triple bottom line approach physical, social, economic, and robust decision making to analyze, compare, and contrast different countries responses. The class will culminate in a final paper and presentation on one countrys approach to decisionmaking under uncertainty for adaptation. Learning Objectives By the end of the semester, you should be able to Understand risk. o Define risk, hazard, vulnerability, exposure, adaptation, hazard mitigation, greenhouse gas mitigation. Explain the link between some natural hazards and climate change o List 10 natural hazards and their impacts on the international community. Analyze outcomesimpacts. o Predict how physically, socially, and economically detrimental a given natural hazard will actually be in different critical infrastructure systems. o Compare and contrast different adaptations to reduce risk. Create recommendations for improving adaptation in an international community
Prerequisites: none listed
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