Abstract
Resilience of critical infrastructure (CI) to extreme
weather events, such as heavy rainfall, high temperatures
and winter storms, is one of the most demanding
challenges for governments and society. Recent
experiences have highlighted the economic and societal
reliance on a dependable and resilient infrastructure,
and the far-reaching impacts that outages or malfunctions
can have. Growing scientific evidence indicates that more
severe and frequent extreme weather events are likely.
The EU-funded INTACT project addresses these CI
challenges and attempts to bring together cutting-edge
knowledge and experience from across Europe to inform the
development of best practice approaches in planning,
crisis response and recovery capabilities. The project
considers the options for mitigating the extreme weather
impacts. A key component of the INTACT project is the
development of a risk management structure to support
decision-making in the case studies. This structure forms
part of the overall INTACT Wiki: the main output of the
project. It comprises a risk 'framework' that sets out
how information and guidance can be accessed by CI owners
and operators. Within this there is a step-wise risk
assessment process based on best practice from the IEC.
The risk framework and process presents: structures for
models and data requirements for decision making;
identifies tools and methods that support decision
making; supports analysis of measures to protect CI
through simulation; and indicates gaps in modelling and
data availability. This paper outlines the components of
the risk framework and process, and illustrates its use
in a case study dealing with electricity supply and
winter storms.
Original language | English |
---|---|
Number of pages | 8 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2016 |
MoE publication type | Not Eligible |
Event | 3rd European Conference on Flood Risk Management, FLOODrisk 2016 - Lyon, France Duration: 17 Oct 2016 → 20 Oct 2016 |
Conference
Conference | 3rd European Conference on Flood Risk Management, FLOODrisk 2016 |
---|---|
Abbreviated title | FLOODrisk |
Country/Territory | France |
City | Lyon |
Period | 17/10/16 → 20/10/16 |
Keywords
- resilience
- risk
- risk management
- risk assessment
- extreme weather event
- critical infrastructure
- mitigation measure