https://doi.org/10.1140/epjst/e2012-01706-0
Regular Article
Towards integrative risk management and more resilient societies
1 Global Security and Crisis Management Unit, Institute for the Protection and Security of the Citizen, Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy
2 ETH Zürich, Institut für Verkehrsplanung/Transportsysteme, Zürich, Switzerland
3 University College London, Department of Mathematics, London, UK
4 ETH Zürich, Institut für Baustoffe, Zürich, Switzerland
5 Universität der Bundeswehr München, Fakultät für Betriebswirtschaft, München, Germany
6 ETH Zürich, Risk Center, Zürich, Switzerland
7 Naval Postgraduate School, Department of Computer Science, Monterey, CA, USA
8 University College London, Institute for Security & Resilience Studies, London, UK
9 Florida Atlantic University, Department of Psychology, Florida, FL, USA
10 Universität der Bundeswehr München, Fakultät für Informatik, Institut für Theoretische Informatik, Mathematik und Operations Research, München, Germany
11 ICT4Peace Foundation, Genève, Switzerland
12 National Security Coordination Centre, RAHS Solutions Centre, RPO, Singapore
a e-mail: stefan.pickl@unibw.de
Revised:
9
October
2012
Published online:
5
December
2012
Society depends decisively on the availability of infrastructure systems such as energy, telecommunication, transportation, banking and finance, health care and governmental and public administration. Even selective damages of one of these infrastructures may result in disruptions of governmental, industrial or public functions. Vulnerability of infrastructures therefore provides spectacular leverage for natural disasters as well as criminal and terrorist actions. Threats and risks are part of the technological, economical, and societal development. This article focuses on the development and characterization of an integrative risk-management which, from the perspective of “resilient systems”, can be seen as an innovative and pro-active crisis management approach dealing with the increasing amount of complexity in societies in a comprehensive, agile and adaptive way.
© EDP Sciences, Springer-Verlag, 2012
