An indicator framework to assess the vulnerability of industrial sectors against indirect disaster losses

ISCRAM 2009 - 6th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management: Boundary Spanning Initiatives and New Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Hiete, Michael ^a   Merz, Mirjam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Decision support; Indicators; Industrial crisis management; Industrial vulnerability assessment

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DISASTERS; INDICATORS (INSTRUMENTS); INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLANNING; CRISIS MANAGEMENT; DECISION SUPPORTS; INDICATOR FRAMEWORKS; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; INFORMATION SHARING; MITIGATION MEASURES; VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84905587072     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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