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This report summarises insights gained about the exposure of infrastructure in the USA to natural hazards now and in the future. The analysis identifies regions in the country where infrastructure may be uniquely exposed to a complex set of natural hazards and it highlights the types of infrastructure which are exposed and the hazards that put them at risk.

Recommendations proposed in this document are the following:

• Infrastructure and community resilience efforts should incorporate potential impacts from climate change and potential increases in exposure to natural hazards.
• More granular information is needed about specific natural hazard exposure and the specific infrastructure in a community to respond effectively to climate change-induced natural hazard exposure changes.
• Addressing issues of planning to improve resilience will require multifaceted efforts that include collecting descriptive information from and about communities, improving scientific knowledge about hazard phenomena, and developing tools and institutions to plan mitigation strategies.