7. Disastrous Concentration in the National Power Grid

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1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface to the Paperback Edition. Continuing Catastrophe vii
4. Acknowledgments xlix
5. Part One: Introduction and Natural Disasters
6. 1. Shrink the Targets 1
7. 2. “Natural” Disasters? 14
8. Part Two: Can Government Help?
9. 3. The Government Response The First FEMA 43
10. 4. The Disaster after 9/11: The Department of Homeland Security and a New FEMA 68
11. Part Three: The Disastrous Private Sector
12. 5. Are Terrorists as Dangerous as Management? The Nuclear Plant Threat 133
13. 6. Better Vulnerability through Chemistry 174
14. 7. Disastrous Concentration in the National Power Grid 211
15. 8. Concentration and Terror on the Internet 248
16. Part Four: What Is to Be Done?
17. 9. The Enduring Sources of Failure: Organizational, Executive, and Regulatory 291
18. Appendix A: Three Types of Redundancy 327
19. Appendix B: Networks of Small Firms 331
20. Bibliography 335
21. Index 355