This is a paper that has been collecting dust in my articles archive for quite a while, but it is indeed a paper that shouldn’t be hidden to the readers of my blog and it deserves to be promoted. The reason why I like it is because it adopts a holistic approach to model the interconnectedness and interdependencies of infrastructure systems.  Infrastructure Risk Analysis Model, written by Barry C Ezell, John V Farr and Ian Wiese and published in 2000 describes an infrastructure risk analysis model that in a straightforward engineering manner considers possible threats, potential impacts and their mitigation.

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