Healthcare Infrastructure, Resilience and Climate Change: Preparing for Extreme Weather Events

This book highlights the vulnerability of healthcare buildings in the context of climate change-triggered extreme weather events (EWEs) and the case for mitigation. It presents a cost model and equations to estimate potential loss and develop a framework to assess impacts on healthcare facilities. It is useful for directing planning and design processes to ensure continuity of service and build resilience to natural disasters and extreme weather.

Format: Hardback
Length: 180 pages
Publication date: 20 July 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This book delves into the vulnerability of healthcare buildings in the face of climate change-induced extreme weather events (EWEs), emphasizing the need for mitigation measures. It begins by providing a concise overview of climate change and its consequences in the form of such events. Subsequently, a cost model and equations are presented to quantify and register losses, aiding in estimating the potential loss that may occur during an EWE. The model is designed to assist healthcare facilities in preparing for these events.

The book conducts a comprehensive analysis of major EWEs in India over the past two decades, collating data into various categories. Through this research, the authors have developed a framework that facilitates detailed calculations of value losses, encompassing both tangible and intangible aspects. This framework serves as a valuable tool for assessing the impacts on healthcare buildings in terms of service disruptions, enabling appropriate decisions regarding resilience in healthcare planning to be made.

The primary objective of this book is to encourage facilities planners and healthcare facilities to approach the planning and design process with a rational mindset, enabling them to respond effectively to EWEs. Built infrastructure professionals, including architects and engineers, policy makers, and academics with a focus on disasters, risk, and climate change, will find this book to be an essential resource.

In conclusion, this book serves as a valuable guide for healthcare facilities and facilities planners in preparing for the challenges posed by EWEs. By highlighting the vulnerability of healthcare buildings and providing a comprehensive framework for quantifying losses, it empowers professionals to make informed decisions regarding resilience and continuity of service in the face of natural disasters and extreme weather events.

Weight: 540g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032493060