List of Contributions

We (each of us, ASCE, America, and humanity) have our work cut out for us to devise an effective, minimally corrupt, global political approach to the evolving "working hypotheses" regarding significant climate/RSLR change impacts associated with global-scale explosion in population and fossil-fuel-use. ...

When it comes to working hypotheses related to atmospheric greenhouse gas accumulation--escalating rate of accumulation, escalating atmospheric and ocean warming, climate change, causes, future impacts to various regions, cost-effectiveness of mitigation, etc.--civil engineers are bound (as in all cases) ...

To reiterate--the first, most critical, and I think the most cost-effective investment required is to provide every property-stakeholder with the actual numbers that represent property-specific flood financial risk: the Expected Annual Cost and Present Value. Just think of how much easier and more effective ...

Five points to consider for a more rational mitigation of flood risk: First and foremost, decisions will vastly improve when we define AND MAKE WIDELY AVAILABLE the specific Expected Annual Cost and Present Value ($) of flood risk for every floodplain property. This is becoming increasingly easier ...

Risk Rating 2.0 is a nice little step in the right direction away from the false binary treatment of flood risk. But we are on the cusp of seeing much more. We will soon see estimates of the "full-spectrum" flood hazard curve for every property. And coupled with property-specific depth-expense estimates, ...