Articles | Volume 15, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-15-947-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-15-947-2015
Research article
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07 May 2015
Research article |  | 07 May 2015

Interdependence and dynamics of essential services in an extensive risk context: a case study in Montserrat, West Indies

V. L. Sword-Daniels, T. Rossetto, T. M. Wilson, and S. Sargeant

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There is a high degree of dependency between different critical infrastructures, which can pass on disruptions between interconnected sectors. This empirical study presents a new qualitative methodology for exploring the complexities of interdependent systems in a real-world context. We identify many different relationships across a network that transform in type and number when exposed to hazards, which add capacities to some sectors. This improves understanding of infrastructure resilience.
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