Critical Infrastructures State of the Art in Research and Application by Wil A.H

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Critical Infrastructures: State of the Art in Research and Application, comprising a selection of reviewed and edited contributions from all over the world, aims to shed light on the various aspects of critical infrastructures.

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Infrastructures have become more and more critical to the functioning of society, as economic and social processes to a large extent rely on the services provided by such systems. Failure of these infrastructures, therefore, is one of the most important vulnerabilities of modern society. In addition and simultaneously much change is taking place within and around these infrastructures. This change includes: increasingly rapid technological change, rapid institutional change, increasing system complexity, increasing trans-boundary dependencies, tensions between market concerns addressing (short-term) economic gains and increasing demands on service quality. These and other changes pose formidable challenges to policy makers, business innovators, system designers, infrastructure operators and scientists alike. "Critical Infrastructures: State of the Art in Research and Application", comprising a selection of reviewed and edited contributions from all over the world, aims to shed light on the various aspects of critical infrastructures.

Table of Contents

Critical Infrastructures: A New and Challenging Research Field.- I: Vulnerability and Risk.- The Vulnerable Internet.- System Implications of Distributed Generation.- The Wireless Revolution.- Regulatory Design for Disaster Preparedness and Recovery by Infrastructure Providers.- II: System Development and Adaptation.- Policy Enablers for the Development of a Space-Based Infrastructure.- A Framework for Modeling the Control and Management of Infrastructure through the Use of Critical Information Flows.- III: Institutional Change.- Infrastructure Investment after Liberalization.- Infrastructure Regulation Difficulties.- Delineating the Scope of Convergence in Infrastructures.- IV: Capacity Management.- Interruptible Physical Transmission Contract for the Deregulated Electric Power Industry.- Capacity Management in Infrastructure Sectors.- Synthesis.- Synthesis of Approaches and Insights.

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Infrastructures have become more and more critical to the functioning of society, as economic and social processes to a large extent rely on the services provided by such systems. Failure of these infrastructures, therefore, is one of the most important vulnerabilities of modern society. In addition and simultaneously much change is taking place within and around these infrastructures. This change includes: increasingly rapid technological change, rapid institutional change, increasing system complexity, increasing trans-boundary dependencies, tensions between market concerns addressing (short-term) economic gains, and increasing demands on service quality. These and other changes pose formidable challenges to policy makers, business innovators, system designers, infrastructure operators and scientists alike. Critical Infrastructures: State of the Art in Research and Application, comprising a selection of reviewed and edited contributions from all over the world, aims to shed light on the various aspects of critical infrastructures. The editors of this book have opted for a broad view on the various criticality aspects on infrastructures itself as well as contributions that discuss the institutional and technical environment of critical infrastructures which are crucial for their proper functioning. Critical Infrastructures brings to light a number of eye-opening critical issues that have been only marginally touched upon in research and practice. Hence, the book is an indispensable resource for infrastructure policy makers, managers, consultants and researchers alike. The book is divided into four sections: *Vulnerability and Risk; *System Development and Adaptation; *Institutional Change; *Capacity Management.

Details ISBN1402076010 Series International Series in Operations Research & Management Science Language English ISBN-10 1402076010 ISBN-13 9781402076015 Media Book Format Hardcover Series Number 65 Year 2003 Publication Date 2003-09-30 Subtitle State of the Art in Research and Application Edited by Wil A. H. Thissen Country of Publication United States Short Title CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURES STATE Pages 305 Imprint Springer-Verlag New York Inc. Place of Publication New York, NY DOI 10.1007/b108636;10.1007/978-1-4615-0495-5 AU Release Date 2003-09-30 NZ Release Date 2003-09-30 US Release Date 2003-09-30 UK Release Date 2003-09-30 Author Paulien M. Herder Publisher Springer-Verlag New York Inc. Edition Description 2003 ed. Edition 2003rd Alternative 9781461351054 DEWEY 658.5 Illustrations IX, 305 p. Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this

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