Vulnerability assessment framework for interdependent critical infrastructures: Case-study for Great Britain’s rail network

European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 174-194

  Pant, Raghav ^a   Hall, Jim W ^a   Blainey, Simon P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical infrastructures; Interdependencies; Railway networks; Transport disruptions; Vulnerability assessment

Indexed keywords

MAPPING; NETWORK SECURITY; PUBLIC WORKS; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION; RAILROADS; RAILS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

INFRASTRUCTURE INTERDEPENDENCIES; INTERDEPENDENCIES; INTERDEPENDENT INFRASTRUCTURES; MATHEMATICAL FORMULATION; OPERATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS; RAILWAY NETWORK; TRANSPORT DISRUPTIONS; VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS;

CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURES;

EID: 84949844512     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15677141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18757/ejtir.2016.16.1.3120     Document Type: Article

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