This report summarizes the literature on resilience to flood risk, its analysis and measurement, and examples. It also catalogs decision support tools for flood mitigation and makes recommendations fo
This report presents a decisionmaking framework and supporting indicators for urban responses to climate change based on risk governance, emphasizing capacities to transform policies, institutions, fi
This report addresses the vulnerability to flooding, saltwater intrusion, and related issues in Southeast Florida and describes a model and decision support tool to help regional planners and decision
A computer-based decision-support tool, called the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) Planning Tool, provided technical analysis that supported the development of Louisiana’s Comprehe
Increasing awareness of the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions has renewed interest in nuclear power generation. At the same time, the longstanding logjam over how to manage spent nuclear fuel c
Proposes a system of quality of life indicators and identifies policy options to improve quality of life in the Pearl River Delta, a region of Guangdong Province in southeastern China.
RAND researchers assessed federal agencies’ implementation of the Infrastructure Resilience Guidelines, written by the Presidential Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force to ensure key principles of re
This project considered baywide concepts that could reduce future flood risk exposure in Jamaica Bay while also improving water quality, restoring habitat in and around the bay, and more generally imp
RAND evaluated potential effects of uncertain projections of demand and climate change on the ability of the Jinan Municipal Water Resources Bureau to meet its long-term water resources goals for Shan
RAND researchers developed a framework and metrics for examining vulnerabilities, opportunities, and risks to U.S. transmission, storage, and distribution (TS&D) systems through 2030 under a range of
This report documents the RAND-Qatar Policy Institute1s recommendations in 2004 to the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science, and Community Development for the design and business and implementation
The Colorado River Basin Study evaluated the river system’s resiliency and compared resource management options. This report describes RAND’s contributions, focusing on methodologies used to identify
Report describes RAND contributions to Louisiana’s Coastal Master Plan for policymakers in other coastal regions. It highlights the value of a solid technical foundation to support decision-making on
Finding ways to safely store and ultimately dispose of nuclear waste remains a matter of considerable debate. This volume describes the steps needed to design a new, single-purpose organization to man
As part of a multiyear study on climate-change Decision-making under uncertainty, RAND researchers are working with water agencies in California to help them better understand how climate change might
