Terrorists versus the sun: Desertec in North Africa as a case study for assessing risks to energy infrastructure

Risk Management

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-26

  Stegen, Karen Smith ^a   Gilmartin, Patrick ^b   Carlucci, Janetta ^c  

^a JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HERTIE SCHOOL OF GOVERNANCE   (Germany)

Author keywords

critical infrastructure; Desertec; energy; North Africa; power transmission; terrorism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857612495     PISSN: 14603799     EISSN: 17434637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/rm.2011.15     Document Type: Article

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