2006.4-2007.3 Yearbook of NILIM
Research Summary


Research Center for Disaster Risk Management

Reference Number Y061308
Title Research for Mitigation of Damage Caused by Interdependencies among Critical Infrastructure
Start-End Date 2006.4-2007.3
Division Earthquake Disaster Prevention Division
Author Head, Yasuhiro SHOJI
Senior Researcher, Shojiro KATAOKA
Researcher, Mai TSURUTA
Summary In this study, the interdependency among critical infrastructures during the past disasters has been investigated and arranged as matrixes and influence diagrams. The results show that almost all the infrastructures are interdependent, and the electric power, telecom, and highway system have influence greater than the others.