Lifelines: The Resilient Infrastructure Opportunity

Hallegatte, Stéphane, Jun Rentschler, and Julie Rozenberg. 2019. Lifelines: The Resilient Infrastructure Opportunity. Sustainable Infrastructure Series. Washington, DC: World Bank. doi:10.1596/978-1-4648-1430-3. License: Creative Commons Attribution CC BY 3.0 IGO

This report from the World Bank Group finds that investing $1 in more resilient infrastructure is beneficial in 96 percent of thousands of scenarios exploring possible future socioeconomic and climate trends. The authors cite localized water solutions such as rainwater harvesting and decentralized water treatment systems among the types of resilient infrastructure that contribute to these benefits.

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