Adaptation To Climate Change in Transportation Operations and Maintenance - Technical Staff Briefing

Slide 17 Long Description - Resiliency Framework

Step 1: Define Scope

• Articulate program goals and operations objectives
• Identify key climate variables
• Develop information on decisions sensitive to climate change

Step 2: Access Vulnerability

• Document existing capabilities (both technical and institutional)
• Collect and integrate data on past performance
• Develop climate inputs
• Characterize impacts and risks

Step 3: Integrate into Decision Making

• Identify performance measures (tolerance for disruption)
• Identify potential adaptation measures
  • Technical and political feasibility
  • Costs and benefits
  • Efficacy
  • Flexibility
  • Environmental and societal impacts
• Determine improvements in capabilities necessary for successful implementation
  • Business processes
  • Systems and technology
  • Performance management
  • Culture
  • Organization and workforce
  • Collaboration

Step 4: Monitor and Revisit, Develop New Objectives

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