A Problem Not Even Duct Tape can Fix?Hazards, Infrastructure, and Resilience

Mike Pease, Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Geography

Central Washington University

Bio-Physical Sciences

Natural Resource Law and

Policy

Economics

First World Problems are the worst…

Infrastructure is the common denominator

1869 Expedition

Completed in 1936

Environmental Determinism trumps Human “Domination”

“The Era of New Dam Construction is over”

The Disconnect between Policy Makers and Scientists is better

defined as a Chasm

Director, American Society of Engineers “It’s got to be one of the more fragile infrastructure

systems in the country right now”.

Climate

Newest IPCC models (2011)

Wilder et al. ≥5°, -5-8%

Where does our water come from?

Are we any different?