Indirect flood impacts and cascade risk across interdependent linear infrastructures

• Published in: Natural hazards and earth system sciences Vol. 21; no. 6; pp. 1955 - 1969
• Main Authors: Arrighi, Chiara, Pregnolato, Maria, Castelli, Fabio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Katlenburg-Lindau Copernicus GmbH 24.06.2021; Copernicus Publications
• Subjects: Analysis; Emergency preparedness; Failure; Flooding; Floods; Floodwater; Hydraulic models; Impact damage; Infrastructure; Infrastructure (Economics); Metropolitan areas; Public health; Risk analysis; Risk assessment; Roads & highways; Threat evaluation; Traffic congestion; Transportation networks; Two dimensional models; Water distribution; Water distribution systems; Water engineering; Water supply

Floods are one of the most frequent and damaging natural threats worldwide. Whereas the assessment of direct impacts is well advanced, the evaluation of indirect impacts is less frequently achieved. Indirect impacts are not due to the physical contact with flood water but result, for example, from t...