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In this section you can find reports and guidelines written for a non-academic audience, which are distinguished by synthesis of ideas from different sources and attention to practical needs of end users.

Title: CASCADING EFFECTS AND ESCALATIONS IN WIDE AREA

POWER FAILURES - A SUMMARY FOR EMERGENCY PLANNERS 

Year: 2017 

Short description:The document, written together with London Resilience, provides a synthetic
 overview of the cascading effects caused by wide area power failures. It defines the recurrent impacts and sources of escalation in a clear and concise
 way. It is written to support the training and the situational awareness of decision makers and emergency operators. 

Authors:Pescaroli, G., Turner, S., Gould, T., Alexander, D.E., and Wicks, R.T.

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