The vulnerability of interdependent urban infrastructure systems to climate change: could Phoenix experience a Katrina of extreme heat?

Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 21-35

  Clark, Susan Spierre ^a   Chester, Mikhail V ^b   Seager, Thomas P ^b   Eisenberg, Daniel A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

critical infrastructure; Extreme heat; interdependent infrastructure systems; Phoenix, AZ; resilience

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; PUBLIC WORKS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CASCADING FAILURES; COMPLEX INFRASTRUCTURES; CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS; INTERDEPENDENT INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS; PHOENIX, AZ; RESILIENCE; RISK BASED APPROACHES; URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEM;

CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURES;

EID: 85082029012     PISSN: 23789689     EISSN: 23789697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/23789689.2018.1448668     Document Type: Article

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