Impacts of the 2001 world trade center attack on New York City critical infrastructures

Journal of Infrastructure Systems

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 260-270

  Mendonça, David ^a   Wallace, William A ^b  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disasters; Infrastructure; New York; New York City; Terrorism; Urban areas

Indexed keywords

DISASTER PREVENTION; DISASTERS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

TERRORISM; URBAN AREA; WORLD TRADE CENTER;

TALL BUILDINGS;

DISASTER PREVENTION; DISASTERS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TALL BUILDINGS;

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING; METROPOLITAN AREA; TERRORISM; URBAN PLANNING;

NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33751084580     PISSN: 10760342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1076-0342(2006)12:4(260)     Document Type: Article

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