No Broken Link : The Vulnerability of Telecommunication Infrastructure to Natural Hazards

The global economy is increasingly digital. The internet and other information and communicationtechnologies (ICTs) are changing the way individuals, businesses and governments operate. Theirresilience to natural disasters, and their ability to...

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Main Authors:	Sandhu, Himmat Singh, Raja, Siddhartha
Format:	Report
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
Subjects:	TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE NATURAL DISASTER DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK INTERNET DATA CENTERS INTERNET NODES RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/951991560791754833/No-Broken-Link-The-Vulnerability-of-Telecommunication-Infrastructure-to-Natural-Hazards http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31912

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spelling	okr-10986-319122021-05-25T09:24:58Z No Broken Link : The Vulnerability of Telecommunication Infrastructure to Natural Hazards Sandhu, Himmat Singh Raja, Siddhartha TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE NATURAL DISASTER DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK INTERNET DATA CENTERS INTERNET NODES RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE The global economy is increasingly digital. The internet and other information and communicationtechnologies (ICTs) are changing the way individuals, businesses and governments operate. Theirresilience to natural disasters, and their ability to recover in the aftermath, is thus critical to the resilience of the economy. This chapter discusses the impact of climate events on various types of digital infrastructure. It highlights key considerations for governments and digital infrastructure owners to make their infrastructure more resilient, while maintaining affordability of services. We find that digital infrastructure is vulnerable to various climate risks, but that technology choices and network design can improve redundancy and resilience of networks, by design. Certain infrastructures warrant greater ex ante investment in their resilience considering their criticality in the broadband value chain (submarine cables or landing stations) while others could follow repair and recovery options (mobile network antennas, poles, and towers). We conclude with recommendations for the public and private sectors, noting that governments and sectorregulators can improve network resilience, and increase coordination given the distributedownership and governance models in the industry. 2019-06-19T20:44:52Z 2019-06-19T20:44:52Z 2019-06 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/951991560791754833/No-Broken-Link-The-Vulnerability-of-Telecommunication-Infrastructure-to-Natural-Hazards http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31912 English Background paper for Lifelines; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Other Infrastructure Study
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topic	TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE NATURAL DISASTER DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK INTERNET DATA CENTERS INTERNET NODES RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE
spellingShingle	TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE NATURAL DISASTER DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK INTERNET DATA CENTERS INTERNET NODES RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE Sandhu, Himmat Singh Raja, Siddhartha No Broken Link : The Vulnerability of Telecommunication Infrastructure to Natural Hazards
relation	Background paper for Lifelines;
description	The global economy is increasingly digital. The internet and other information and communicationtechnologies (ICTs) are changing the way individuals, businesses and governments operate. Theirresilience to natural disasters, and their ability to recover in the aftermath, is thus critical to the resilience of the economy. This chapter discusses the impact of climate events on various types of digital infrastructure. It highlights key considerations for governments and digital infrastructure owners to make their infrastructure more resilient, while maintaining affordability of services. We find that digital infrastructure is vulnerable to various climate risks, but that technology choices and network design can improve redundancy and resilience of networks, by design. Certain infrastructures warrant greater ex ante investment in their resilience considering their criticality in the broadband value chain (submarine cables or landing stations) while others could follow repair and recovery options (mobile network antennas, poles, and towers). We conclude with recommendations for the public and private sectors, noting that governments and sectorregulators can improve network resilience, and increase coordination given the distributedownership and governance models in the industry.
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author	Sandhu, Himmat Singh Raja, Siddhartha
author_facet	Sandhu, Himmat Singh Raja, Siddhartha
author_sort	Sandhu, Himmat Singh
title	No Broken Link : The Vulnerability of Telecommunication Infrastructure to Natural Hazards
title_short	No Broken Link : The Vulnerability of Telecommunication Infrastructure to Natural Hazards
title_full	No Broken Link : The Vulnerability of Telecommunication Infrastructure to Natural Hazards
title_fullStr	No Broken Link : The Vulnerability of Telecommunication Infrastructure to Natural Hazards
title_full_unstemmed	No Broken Link : The Vulnerability of Telecommunication Infrastructure to Natural Hazards
title_sort	no broken link : the vulnerability of telecommunication infrastructure to natural hazards
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2019
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/951991560791754833/No-Broken-Link-The-Vulnerability-of-Telecommunication-Infrastructure-to-Natural-Hazards http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31912
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