The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction reported that the 2011 natural
disasters, including the earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan, resulted in …

Natural disasters in 2011 alone resulted in 366billion(2011US) in direct damages and
29,782 fatalities worldwide. Storms and floods accounted for up to 70% of the 302 natural …

As part of the recent effort to understand the performance capabilities of various engineering
systems from their initial disruptions to the recovery phase, interest in the concept of …

Due to the increasing occurrence of disruptions across our global society, it has become
critically important to understand the resilience of different socio-economic systems, ie, to …

Recent natural and man‐made catastrophes, such as the Fukushima nuclear power plant,
flooding caused by Hurricane Katrina, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the Haiti earthquake …

We present a comprehensive resilience glossary, comprising a set of 93 definitions of
resilience-related terms used in the context of critical infrastructures. The definition and use …

Recent US national mandates are shifting the country's homeland security policy from one of
asset-level critical infrastructure protection (CIP) to allhazards critical infrastructure …

Recently, considerable attention has been paid to a systems‐based approach to risk,
vulnerability, and resilience analysis. It is argued that risk, vulnerability, and resilience are …

Unprecedented losses associated with adverse events such as natural disasters and cyber-
attacks have focused attention on new approaches to mitigating damages. Whereas the …

Infrastructures are needed for maintaining functionality and stability of society, while being
put under substantial stresses from natural or man-made shocks. Since avoiding shock is …