Being at-risk or taking risks? Day-to-day experiences of electricity blackouts

2008 1st International Conference on Infrastructure Systems and Services: Building Networks for a Brighter Future, INFRA 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Silvast, Antti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

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Indexed keywords

CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; EU POLICY; FINLAND; RISK RESPONSE; RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES; SOCIAL THEORY; USER EXPERIENCE;

EID: 77952407566     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/INFRA.2008.5439644     Document Type: Conference Paper

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