Forum 2 Local - To - Regional Landscape Drivers of Extreme 3 Weather and Climate : Implications for Water 4 Infrastructure Resilience
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41 Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, Committee on Trans42 portation and Infrastructure, B-375 Rayburn House Office Building, 43 Washington, DC 20515. 44 Forum papers are thought-provoking opinion pieces or essays 45 founded in fact, sometimes containing speculation, on a civil en46 gineering topic of general interest and relevance to the readership 47 of the journal. The views expressed in this Forum article do not 48 necessarily reflect the views of ASCE or the Editorial Board of 49 the journal.
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