This text brings together differing geographic perspectives in modeling and analysis in order to highlight infrastructure weaknesses or plan for their protection. Offering new methodological approaches, the book explores the potential consequences of critical infrastructure failure, stemming...

Contents: Foreword by Andrea Camanzi -- Preface -- Part I: Background -- 1. The role of benchmarking in efficiency-enhancing strategies / Chris Nash and Ginevra Bruzzone -- 2. Methodology / Andrew Smith, Giovanni Fraquelli and Carlo Cambini -- 3. The issue of data / Ginevra Bruzzone and Chris...