by Vance Tan | Jan 14, 2014 | Network risk analysis
Abstract Extreme natural hazards such as floods, hurricanes and earthquakes can cause catastrophic failures of infrastructure assets and networks. Understanding the risks due to natural hazards on large-scale infrastructures presents several challenges due to...
by Vance Tan | Jan 14, 2014 | Infrastructure systems
Abstract Our integrated system-of-systems model (NISMOD) can simulate the long term performance of infrastructure networks in Great Britain. This analysis capability has been used to compare alternative long term strategies for infrastructure provision. In total we...
by Vance Tan | Dec 16, 2013 | Economic impacts
Abstract Investment in infrastructure is widely regarded as promoting economic growth. Moreover, infrastructure has a critical and often irreversible role in locking in patterns of development. Therefore, it is surprising that macroeconomic growth theories do not...
by Vance Tan | Dec 8, 2013 | Network risk analysis
Abstract For modern cities addressing critical infrastructure risk has become very relevant from a safety and security point of view. As seen in recent times, among the different shocks that large-scale infrastructures are exposed to climate hazards have the potential...
by Vance Tan | Nov 11, 2013 | Network risk analysis
Abstract National infrastructure (NI) forms the backbone of our modern communities and provides the foundations for economic productivity and social wellbeing. NI includes the five economic infrastructure sectors of: (1) energy, (2) transport, (3) water, (4) waste,...
