Vulnerability of infrastructure to Sea Level Rise: A combined outranking and system-dynamics approach

Safety, Reliability and Risk Analysis: Beyond the Horizon - Proceedings of the European Safety and Reliability Conference, ESREL 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 2407-2414

  Tonmoy, F N ^a   El Zein, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOHAZARDS; DECISION MAKING; RELIABILITY; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

CASCADING EFFECTS; COMPOUND EFFECT; DECISION MAKERS; ENVIRONMENTAL VULNERABILITY; INFRASTRUCTURE NETWORKS; SEWERAGE SYSTEM; SYSTEM DYNAMICS MODEL; VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT TOOL;

SEA LEVEL;

EID: 84900020519     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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