Resilience enhancing expansion strategies for water distribution systems: A network theory approach

• Published in: Environmental modelling & software : with environment data news Vol. 26; no. 12; pp. 1574 - 1582
• Main Authors: Yazdani, A., Otoo, R. Appiah, Jeffrey, P.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.12.2011
• Subjects: computer software; developing countries; environmental models; Failure; Fault tolerance; GIS; Graph theory; Hydraulics; infrastructure; Network analysis; Networks; pipes; Redundancy; Resilience; Robustness; Storage tanks; Strategy; System redundancy; tanks; Urban planning; Vulnerability; Water distribution; water reservoirs; GIS; Urban planning; Network analysis; System redundancy; Water distribution; Graph theory; Vulnerability; Robustness
• ISSN: 1364-8152; 1873-6726
• DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2011.07.016

Planners and engineers attempting to improve the resilience of water distribution systems face numerous challenges regarding the allocation and placement of redundancy so as to reduce the likelihood and impact of asset failures and take into consideration the growing demand for clean water, now and...