Natural hazards have the potential to cause catastrophic damage and significant
socioeconomic loss. The actual damage and loss observed in the recent decades has …

Given the devastating losses incurred by past major earthquake events together with the
ever-increasing global seismic exposures due to population growth and urbanization …

Risk assessment must evolve for addressing the existing and future challenges, and
considering the new systems and innovations that have already arrived in our lives and that …

Repair crews (RCs) and mobile power sources (MPSs) are critical resources for distribution
system (DS) outage management after a natural disaster. However, their logistics have not …

The objective of this paper is to provide a systematic view on the problem of vulnerability
and risk analysis of critical infrastructures. Reflections are made on the inherent complexities …

Electric power systems are critical to economic prosperity, national security, public health
and safety. However, in hurricane-prone areas, a severe storm may simultaneously cause …

In recent years, the concepts of resilience and sustainability have become very topical and
popular. The concept of sustainability rose to prominence in the late 1980s and became a …

As infrastructure systems are highly interconnected, it is crucial to analyze their resilience
with the consideration of their interdependencies. This paper adapts an existing resilience …

Critical infrastructure networks such as electric power, water distribution, natural gas,
transportation and telecommunications are the backbone of modern societies as they …

Risk assessment and mitigation programs have been carried out over the last decades in
the attempt to reduce transportation infrastructure downtime and post-disaster recovery …