NDLI: Assessing the Effects of Forest Fires on Interconnected Critical Infrastructures under Climate Change. Evidence from South France

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Assessing the Effects of Forest Fires on Interconnected Critical Infrastructures under Climate Change. Evidence from South France

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Author	Sfetsos, Athanasios Giroud, Frederique Clemencau, Alice Varela, Vassiliki Freissinet, Catherine LeCroart, Jean Vlachogiannis, Diamando Politi, Nadia Karozis, Stelios Gkotsis, Ilias Eftychidis, George Hedel, Ralf Hahmann, Stefan
Copyright Year	2021
Description	The present work introduces a case study on the climate resilience of interconnected critical infrastructures to forest fires, that was performed within the framework on H2020 EU-CIRCLE project (GA 653824). It was conducted in South France, one of the most touristic European regions, and also one of the regions at the highest forest fire risk that is projected to be amplified under future climate conditions. The case study has been implemented through a co-creation framework with local stakeholders, which is critical in moving beyond physical damages to the infrastructures, introducing the elements of infrastructure business continuity and societal resilience. Future forest fires extremes are anticipated to impact the interconnections of electricity and transportation networks that could further cascade to communities throughout South France. The work highlighted the benefits of enhancing co-operation between academia, emergency responders, and infrastructure operators as a critical element in enhancing resilience through increased awareness of climate impacts, new generated knowledge on fire extremes and better cooperation between involved agencies.
Starting Page	16
e-ISSN	24123811
DOI	10.3390/infrastructures6020016
Journal	Infrastructures
Issue Number	2
Volume Number	6
Language	English
Publisher	MDPI
Publisher Date	2021-01-21
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Infrastructures Civil Engineering Interconnected Infrastructures Climate Change Forest Fires Resilience Electricity Transportation
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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