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    This document discusses how land use planning can help communities decrease the impacts of climate change on the built environment. It notes that rising temperatures, extreme weather events, floods, sea level rise, and erosion can all cause damage to buildings and infrastructure. The degree of impact depends on location, design, and surrounding natural systems. The document recommends that communities modify the location and design of buildings and infrastructure to minimize these negative impacts and lists potential impacts such as accelerated weathering of structures and damage to roads and bridges from flooding. It suggests protecting structures by maintaining natural features, increasing structural flexibility, and retreating from vulnerable areas as ways to reduce risks to current and future buildings and infrastructure.

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    This document discusses how land use planning can help communities decrease the impacts of climate change on the built environment. It notes that rising temperatures, extreme weather events, floods, sea level rise, and erosion can all cause damage to buildings and infrastructure. The degree of impact depends on location, design, and surrounding natural systems. The document recommends that communities modify the location and design of buildings and infrastructure to minimize these negative impacts and lists potential impacts such as accelerated weathering of structures and damage to roads and bridges from flooding. It suggests protecting structures by maintaining natural features, increasing structural flexibility, and retreating from vulnerable areas as ways to reduce risks to current and future buildings and infrastructure.

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    This document discusses how land use planning can help communities decrease the impacts of climate change on the built environment. It notes that rising temperatures, extreme weather events, floods, sea level rise, and erosion can all cause damage to buildings and infrastructure. The degree of impact depends on location, design, and surrounding natural systems. The document recommends that communities modify the location and design of buildings and infrastructure to minimize these negative impacts and lists potential impacts such as accelerated weathering of structures and damage to roads and bridges from flooding. It suggests protecting structures by maintaining natural features, increasing structural flexibility, and retreating from vulnerable areas as ways to reduce risks to current and future buildings and infrastructure.

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    Land Use: Built

    Environment
    Land use planning is key when communities
    consider how to decrease climate changeimpacts to the built environment.

    Projected impact to built


    environment

    climate variability

    climate change stressors

    Damage on buildings and


    infrastructure can be due to:

    rising temperatures

    extreme events

    floods,

    sea level rise

    erosion

    Degree of Impact based on:

    location

    design

    natural systems that surround the facility

    Adaptation and risk-reduction


    options

    Communities can
    modify the location
    and design of
    buildings and large
    infrastructure
    projects to
    minimize the
    negative impacts of
    climate change.

    Potential Impacts

    Accelerated weathering of structures from increased


    precipitation intensity and storm frequency
    Broken water-supply pipelines from landslides and
    erosion
    Overloading of storm drainage systems from
    increases in extreme precipitation events
    Buckling railroads or asphalt from increase in
    temperature
    Overtopping, damage, and flooding of port facilities
    from sea level rise that is amplified by tropical
    cyclones
    Closure of roads, airports, and bridges from flooding
    and landslides

    Reducing risks to current and


    future buildings/infrastructure

    Protecting structures from erosion and


    damage by maintaining and protecting
    natural features such as wetlands, beaches,
    and dunes
    Accommodating changes by increasing the
    flexibility of the structure to impacts (for
    example, flood-proofing buildings)
    Retreating from vulnerable areas by moving
    structures or building zones

    These options are similar to current sustainable


    development practices meant to reduce vulnerability
    to natural hazardsafter all, resilience of the built
    environment is linked to the siting and design of
    development, as well as to the natural lands that
    support it.
    Coastal developers can incorporate land use
    approaches such as setbacks or retreat to reduce the
    risks from hazards.
    Protecting, maintaining, and, where possible,
    restoring natural areas along the water can also
    create buffers that protect development from
    environmental changes.

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