Warner, MaryMaryWarnerSharma, BharatBharatSharmaBhatia, UditUditBhatiaGanguly, AuroopAuroopGanguly2025-08-312025-08-312019-01-0110.1007/978-3-030-14683-2_32-s2.0-85065845557https://d8.irins.org/handle/IITG2025/23423This chapter reviews the network science literature in order to create a hypothesis for the recovery of infrastructure systems. We depict the cascade of infrastructure systems through networks and simulate perturbations within a singular topology and discuss how those impact multiple layers of an interconnected network. The simulation compares and contrasts the proposed recovery methods in the literature alongside true-to-life recovery, based upon case studies throughout the United States. We explore the limitations of imposing a recovery algorithm at various points in time during infrastructure failure. This chapter aims to provide resources that account for a quantitative approach to cascading infrastructure failures, as well as accounting for human nature, politics, perceptions, and communication that may prove to be hurdles to optimizing recovery.falseClimate Science | Critical Infrastructure | Hazards | Infrastructure | Network Science | Recovery | ResilienceBook Chapter2213869263-7920192chConference Proceeding1