Managing disaster risk associated with critical infrastructure systems: a system-level conceptual framework for research and policy guidance

This paper presents a new conceptual framework of the disaster risk of critical infrastructure systems in terms of societal impacts. Much research on infrastructure reliability focuses on specific issues related to the technical system or human coping. Focusing on the end goal of infrastructure serv...

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Published inCivil engineering and environmental systems Vol. 39; no. 2; pp. 123 - 143
Main Authors Davidson, Rachel A., Kendra, James, Ewing, Bradley, Nozick, Linda K., Starbird, Kate, Cox, Zachary, Leon-Corwin, Maggie
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basingstoke Taylor & Francis 03.04.2022
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Adaptation
adaptations
Computer applications
Critical infrastructure
Disaster management
Disaster risk
electric power
Emergency management
Emergency preparedness
Frameworks
Infrastructure
Infrastructure systems
Reliability engineering
Risk management
societal impact
water
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Summary:This paper presents a new conceptual framework of the disaster risk of critical infrastructure systems in terms of societal impacts. Much research on infrastructure reliability focuses on specific issues related to the technical system or human coping. Focusing on the end goal of infrastructure services - societal functioning - this framework offers a new way to understand how those more focused research areas connect and the current thinking in each. Following an overview of the framework, each component is discussed in turn, including the initial buildout of physical systems; event occurrence; service interruptions; service provider response; user adaptations to preserve or create needed services; and the ending deficit in societal function. Possible uses of the framework include catalysing and guiding a systematic research agenda that could ultimately lead to a computational framework and stimulating discussion on resilience within utility and emergency management organisations and the larger community.
ISSN:1028-6608
1029-0249
DOI:10.1080/10286608.2022.2067848