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Controlling Cascading Failure: Understanding the Vulnerabilities of Interconnected Infrastructures

Controlling Cascading Failure: Understanding the Vulnerabilities of Interconnected Infrastructures Controlling Cascading Failure 109 Controlling Cascading Failure: Understanding the Vulnerabilities of *Editor’s Note: Although this Interconnected Infrastructures* paper does not explicitly address the infrastructure failures that followed the World Trade Center attacks on September 11, those attacks provide an additional and obvious context for the author ’s arguments. Richard G. Little IVIL infrastructures are vital public artifacts that support a nation’s economy and quality of life. They represent a massive capital investment, and, at the same time, consti- tute an economic engine of enormous power. Modern economies rely on the ability to move goods, people, and information safely and reliably. Consequently, it is of the utmost importance to government , business, and the public at-large that the flow of services provided by a nation’s infrastructure continues unimpeded in the face of a broad range of natural and man-made hazards. This linkage between systems and services is critical to any discussion of infrastructure. Although it may be the hardware (i.e., the highways, pipes, transmission lines, communication satellites, and network servers) that is the initial focus of discussions of infrastruc- ture, it is actually the services that these systems provide that are of real value to the public. Therefore, high among http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Urban Technology Taylor & Francis

Controlling Cascading Failure: Understanding the Vulnerabilities of Interconnected Infrastructures

Little, Richard G.
Journal of Urban Technology , Volume 9 (1): 15 – Apr 1, 2002
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Controlling Cascading Failure 109 Controlling Cascading Failure: Understanding the Vulnerabilities of *Editor’s Note: Although this Interconnected Infrastructures* paper does not explicitly address the infrastructure failures that followed the World Trade Center attacks on September 11, those attacks provide an additional and obvious context for the author ’s arguments. Richard G. Little IVIL infrastructures are vital public artifacts that support a nation’s economy and quality of life. They represent a massive capital investment, and, at the same time, consti- tute an economic engine of enormous power. Modern economies rely on the ability to move goods, people, and information safely and reliably. Consequently, it is of the utmost importance to government , business, and the public at-large that the flow of services provided by a nation’s infrastructure continues unimpeded in the face of a broad range of natural and man-made hazards. This linkage between systems and services is critical to any discussion of infrastructure. Although it may be the hardware (i.e., the highways, pipes, transmission lines, communication satellites, and network servers) that is the initial focus of discussions of infrastruc- ture, it is actually the services that these systems provide that are of real value to the public. Therefore, high among

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Published: Apr 1, 2002

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