A framework for risk criteria for critical infrastructures: fundamentals and case studies in the Netherlands

Journal article (2004)

Authors

J.K. Vrijling Hydraulic Structures and Flood Risk -

P.H.A.J.M. van Gelder Hydraulic Structures and Flood Risk -

H.G. Voortman Hydraulic Structures and Flood Risk -

L.H.J. Goossens Safety and Security Science -

MD Pandey OLD Operations Research and Risk Analysis

Research Group

Hydraulic Structures and Flood Risk () (TU Delft)

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Published Date

2004

Language

English

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Faculty

Civil Engineering & Geosciences

Department

Hydraulic Engineering

Research Group

Hydraulic Structures and Flood Risk

Abstract

Critical infrastructures are complex societal systems. For that reason, risk criteria for criticalinfrastructures are also ‘part’ of the risk criteria for complex societal systems. The questionsto be resolved are: (1) are the societal risk criteria of complex systems defined and quantifiable;and (2) is it known how the risk criteria of critical infrastructures relate to the risk criteria ofthe complex system as a whole. In other words, what certainty is there that the risk criteriaof critical infrastructures meet the risk criteria of complex systems as a whole. A complexsystem in this respect may be a society as a whole, e.g. a nation.