Article: Assessment process of the resilience potential of critical infrastructures Journal: International Journal of Critical Infrastructures (IJCIS) 2014 Vol.10 No.3/4 pp.200 - 217 Abstract: The research results presented aim to define a framework for evaluating the potential of resilience for critical infrastructure (CI). CI are an integral part of the community and a better knowledge of their potential for resilience will help to reduce the risk of disasters and provide tools to manage them. The framework helped to define a method to evaluate the potential for resilience CI based on the concept of performance and coherence. This work has been validated and applied to existing cases and the results show that it is possible to identify actions to improve resilience and reduce disaster risks and manage them better. This has allowed, among other things, a better definition of acceptable performance for CI and understanding how disruption of a CI can affect the community (which includes other CI). The analysis of coherence can also better align the components of their system and their capacity to maintain an acceptable level of functioning despite some disruptions. Inderscience Publishers - linking academia, business and industry through research

Title: Assessment process of the resilience potential of critical infrastructures

Authors: Yannick Hémond; Benoît Robert

Addresses: Bureau C314.1, Centre risque & performance, Département de mathématiques et de génie industriel, École Polytechnique de Montréal, C.P. 6079, succursale Centre-ville, H3C 3A7, Montréal, Québec, Canada ' Bureau A-305.31, Centre risque & performance, Département de mathématiques et de génie industriel, École Polytechnique de Montréal, C.P. 6079, succursale Centre-ville, H3C 3A7, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Abstract: The research results presented aim to define a framework for evaluating the potential of resilience for critical infrastructure (CI). CI are an integral part of the community and a better knowledge of their potential for resilience will help to reduce the risk of disasters and provide tools to manage them. The framework helped to define a method to evaluate the potential for resilience CI based on the concept of performance and coherence. This work has been validated and applied to existing cases and the results show that it is possible to identify actions to improve resilience and reduce disaster risks and manage them better. This has allowed, among other things, a better definition of acceptable performance for CI and understanding how disruption of a CI can affect the community (which includes other CI). The analysis of coherence can also better align the components of their system and their capacity to maintain an acceptable level of functioning despite some disruptions.

Keywords: infrastructure resilience; critical infrastructures; performance evaluation; state of resilience; resilience potential; disaster risks; risk management; infrastructure disruption; infrastructure performance; emergency management.

DOI: 10.1504/IJCIS.2014.066336

International Journal of Critical Infrastructures, 2014 Vol.10 No.3/4, pp.200 - 217

Received: 08 Nov 2012
Accepted: 15 Feb 2013
Published online: 14 Jan 2015 *

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