Infrastructure, planning and climate change adaptation

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04 April 2011The recent spate of floods, earthquakes, tsunamis and the nuclear accident in Japan are a reminder of how interconnected our energy, transport, water and communications systems have become. Which is why future infrastructure investment needs to take climate change into account.

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Professor Brian Collins,
Chief Scientific Advisor, UK Department of Transport and Dept of Business Innovation and Skills. Professor of Information Systems at Cranfield University. Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering.

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