INTERDEPNDENCY ANALYSIS: TRENDS AND ISSUES

Abstract

This paper aims to investigate the trends of and to extrapolate the issues surrounding interdependency analysis. Interdependency analysis studies the linkages, especially among lifeline infrastructures, within the socio-economic system for evaluating its vulnerability, and has gained its importance in the recent years, due mostly to the frequent occurrence of sever natural disasters and the increasing threats of international terrorism. Survey was conducted by interviewing both the researchers and the users of such research, in order to examine the current affairs and to formulate the agendas for the future research and development.