Preparing for critical infrastructure breakdowns: The limits of crisis management and the need for resilience

Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 50-59

  Boin, Arjen ^a   McConnell, Allan ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATASTROPHIC EVENT; CRISIS MANAGEMENT; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; INFRASTRUCTURE; RESILIENCE;

EID: 33847667891     PISSN: 09660879     EISSN: 14685973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5973.2007.00504.x     Document Type: Article

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