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Critical Infrastructure - Modern Approach and New Developments

Modern critical infrastructures (CIs) (e.g., electricity, water, transportation, telecommunications, and others) form complex systems with a high degree of interdependencies from one CI to the others. Natural disasters (e.g., earthquakes, floods, droughts, landslides, and wildfires), humanmade disas...

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Main Authors: Antonio Di Pietro, José R. Martí
Format: Book
Published: IntechOpen 2024
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