A SSESSING THE V ULNERABILITY OF THE T ELECOMMUNICATIONS N ETWORK TO I MPACTS FROM C LIMATE C HANGE : F OCUS ON N EW E NGLAND T REVELYN P OTTER D R. P.

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A SSESSING THE V ULNERABILITY OF THE T ELECOMMUNICATIONS N ETWORK TO I MPACTS FROM C LIMATE C HANGE : F OCUS ON N EW E NGLAND T REVELYN P OTTER D R. P ATRICK H ALPIN, A DVISOR

Climate Change Impacts in New England  Increasing temperatures  Increasing precipitation and precipitation intensity  Increase in severe weather  Sea Level Rise

Wireless Communications Infrastructure Siting Overview Wikipedia Thefoa.org

Current Environmental Considerations in Siting  National Environmental Policy Act of 1969  FEMA and the 100 year Floodplain  Wind Zones and Building Codes

Potential Impacts from Climate Change  Flood Damage  Severe Weather  Hurricanes  Wind Damage  Sea Level Rise Wirelessestimator.com

FCC Registered Sites in Connecticut

Town Population Ranking Population PercentilesTowns in Connecticut 80 and above (High Capacity) Stamford, Hartford, Bridgeport, New Haven 60 through 80 (High Capacity) Waterbury 40 through 60 (Medium Capacity) West Hartford, Manchester, Greenwich, Norwalk, Fairfield, Danbury, Hamden, Meriden, Bristol, New Britain

Priority Ranked Sites

Results Mapping the Vulnerabilities

Floodplain Mapping

Hurricane Inundation

Sea Level Rise

Data Availability for New England Data Category ConnecticutMaineMassachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island Vermont Digital Flood Coverage Partial CompletePartial Digital Elevation Model LIDAR-based LIDAR - partialNon-LIDARLIDARLIDAR - partial Hurricane Inundation Yes Yes (ACOE only) YesN/A Wind Speed No Yes (FEMA map)No Yes (for windpower) Yes Other Natural Disaster No Ice Storm (1998) Telecom Infrastruct ure NoUpdated 1998 NoUpdated 2007 NoUpdated 2011

Limitations of Existing GIS Data  Not all structures are registered with the FCC  Digital flood mapping is not available for all areas, particularly rural ones  Hurricane Inundation data not broken down into categories for all areas  Lack of LIDAR-based and local scale sea level rise mapping for many coastal areas  Lack of fine-scale GIS wind data applicable to infrastructure of this type

Lessons from the Past  Ice Storm of 1998  Hurricane Katrina  Hurricane Irene  Hurricane Sandy

Recommendations for the Future  Consider areas of current “moderate risk” like 500 year floodplains and adjacent areas when making siting decisions  Implement registration requirement for all licensed antenna sites  Avoid projected coastal inundation areas  Develop uniform regional or national data sets for vulnerability assessments

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