Abstract
The large-scale deployment and maintenance of infrastructure is time consuming and expensive. Over time, with changing demands and threats, these artifacts need replacement, upgrades or removal. Designing these objects assuming a fixed life or for perpetuity, neglects the reality of mutability of our built environment and variations in natural systems (Milly 2008). Consequently, in locations where there is a great degree of uncertainty, it may be worthwhile to consider modular structures and systems.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Integral Design of Multifunctional Flood Defenses |
Subtitle of host publication | Multidisciplinary Approaches and Examples |
Editors | Baukje Kothuis, Matthijs Kok |
Publisher | Delft University Publishers |
Pages | 84-85 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-94-6186-808-4 |
Publication status | Published - 2017 |