Defining resilience within a risk-informed assessment framework

International Journal of Risk Assessment and Management

Volumn 15, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 171-185

  Coles, Garill A ^a   Unwin, Stephen D ^a   Holter, Greg M ^a   Bass, Robert B ^a   Dagle, Jeffery E ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspects of resilience; Cost benefit analysis; Critical infrastructure; LOS; Loss of service; Resilience; Resilience factors; Resilience of infrastructure; Resiliency; Risk analysis; Risk assessment; Risk assessment framework; Risk informed approach; Risk management

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052188108     PISSN: 14668297     EISSN: 17415241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJRAM.2011.042115     Document Type: Article

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