A synthesis and review of exacerbated inequities from the February 2021 winter storm (Uri) in Texas and the risks moving forward

IF 32 1区工程技术 Q1 ENERGY & FUELS

Progress in Energy and Combustion Science Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI:10.1088/2516-1083/aca9b4

Sergio Castellanos, Jerry R. Potts, Helena R. Tiedmann, S. Alverson, Y. R. Glazer, A. Robison, Suzanne Russo, Dana Harmon, Bobuchi Ken-Opurum, Margo Weisz, Frances Acuna, K. Stephens, K. Faust, M. Webber

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Abstract

A severe winter storm in February 2021 impacted multiple infrastructure systems in Texas, leaving over 13 million people without electricity and/or water, potentially $100 billion in economic damages, and almost 250 lives lost. While the entire state was impacted by temperatures up to 10 °C colder than expected for this time of year, as well as levels of snow and ice accumulation not observed in decades, the responses and outcomes from communities were inconsistent and exacerbated prevailing social and infrastructure inequities that are still impacting those communities. In this contribution, we synthesize a subset of multiple documented inequities stemming from the interdependence of the water, housing, transportation, and communication sectors with the energy sector, and present a summary of actions to address the interdependency of infrastructure system inequities.

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对2021年2月德克萨斯州冬季风暴(Uri)加剧的不公平现象及其未来风险的综合和审查

2021年2月，一场严重的冬季风暴影响了德克萨斯州的多个基础设施系统，造成1300多万人无电无水，潜在的经济损失达1000亿美元，近250人丧生。虽然整个州都受到了比往年同期低10°C的气温的影响，以及几十年来未见的冰雪积累水平，但社区的反应和结果却不一致，加剧了目前仍在影响这些社区的社会和基础设施不平等。在这篇文章中，我们综合了由水、住房、交通和通信部门与能源部门相互依赖而产生的多种记录不平等的子集，并提出了解决基础设施系统不平等相互依赖的行动摘要。

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Progress in Energy and Combustion Science 工程技术-工程：化工

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59.30

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3 months

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