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government agencies and programs; regional, state, and local governments;
large and small private sector institutions of an enormous variety of types: e.g.,
construction firms, consulting firms, financial institutions, insurers, materials
producers, and commercial firms; non-governmental organizations related to
such interests as community well-being and the environment; and the world of
knowledge and learning, from research to education, formal and informal.
• Deploying for monitoring, evaluation, learning, and approaching adaptive
risk management iteratively, given that (a) current knowledge and experience
provides a beter understanding of how to mobilize the top-down elements
of such an approach than how to mobilize the botom-up elements and (b) no
current structures exist for such monitoring, especially of experience being
gained in the private sector.

C. Assessment Findings

Regarding a continuing assessment process for climate change and infrastructure and
urban systems in the United States, we find that:
• A self-sustaining long-term assessment process needs a commitment to
improving the science base, working toward a vision of where things should be
in the longer term

See Section VII above

High consensus, moderate evidence

• Capacities for long-term assessments of vulnerabilities, risks, and impacts of
climate change on infrastructures and urban systems will benefit from effective
partnerships among a wide range of experts and stakeholders, providing value
to all partners

See Section V and VII above

High consensus, moderate evidence