Challenges to critical infrastructure resilience in an institutionally fragmented setting

Safety Science

Volumn 110, Issue , 2018, Pages 51-58

  Cedergren, Alexander ^a   Johansson, Jonas ^a   Hassel, Henrik ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Contracts; Critical infrastructure; Deregulation; Institutional fragmentation; Recovery; Resilience

Indexed keywords

CONTRACTS; DEREGULATION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; PUBLIC WORKS; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION; RECOVERY;

CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENTS; INFRASTRUCTURE FAILURES; INFRASTRUCTURE RESILIENCES; INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS; INSTITUTIONAL FRAGMENTATION; INTER-ORGANISATIONAL; NEW PUBLIC MANAGEMENT; RESILIENCE;

CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURES;

ARTICLE; DEREGULATION; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; RAILWAY; RELIABILITY; RESPONSIBILITY; SAFETY; SWEDEN; TRUST;

EID: 85038881428     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: 18791042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2017.12.025     Document Type: Article

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