Vulnerability of Energy Infrastructure to intentional attacks - The interplay of resource, conflict and security

Safety and Reliability: Methodology and Applications - Proceedings of the European Safety and Reliability Conference, ESREL 2014

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 1507-1514

  Burgherr, P ^a   Giroux, J ^b   Spada, M ^a  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY SECURITY; RELIABILITY;

ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURES; INTENTIONAL ATTACKS; LINEAR INFRASTRUCTURE; NON STATE ACTORS; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION; RESOURCE CONFLICT; TEMPORAL CLUSTERING; TERRORIST THREATS;

TERRORISM;

EID: 84906707945     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1201/b17399-206     Document Type: Conference Paper

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