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Overview -- Resilient infrastructure: a lifeline for sustainable development -- I.A diagnosis: a lack of resilient infrastructure is harming people and firms -- Infrastructure disruptions are a barrier to thriving firms -- Infrastructure disruptions affect the health and well-being of households -- Natural shocks are a leading cause of infrastructure disruptions and damages -- From micro to macro: local disruptions translate into macroeconomic impacts -- II. A matter of design: resilient infrastructure is cost-effective -- More resilient infrastructure assets are cost-effective -- From resilient assets to resilient infrastructure services -- From resilient infrastructure services to resilient users -- III. A way forward: five recommendations for more resilient infrastructure -- The foundation for resilient infrastructure -- Build institutions for resilience -- Create regulations and incentives for resilience -- Improve decision making -- Provide financing. From serving our most basic needs to enabling our most ambitious ventures in trade and technology, infrastructure services support our well-being and development. Reliable water, sanitation, energy, transport, and telecommunication services are universally considered to be essential for raising and maintaining people's quality of life. Yet millions of people, especially in low- and middle-income countries, are facing the consequences of unreliable electricity grids, inadequate water and sanitation systems, and overstrained transport networks. From floods and storms to earthquakes and landslides, natural hazards magnify the challenges faced by these fragile systems. This book, Lifelines: the resilient infrastructure opportunity, lays out a framework for understanding infrastructure resilience the ability of infrastructure systems to function and meet users needs during and after a natural shock and it makes an economic case for building more resilient infrastructure. |
