Implementing Resilience in Critical Transport Infrastructure Systems
Publication: ASCE Inspire 2023
ABSTRACT
Critical transport infrastructure systems play a pivotal role in supporting society through provision of essential connectivity services to end users, alongside enabling economic growth. To be able to deal with an increasingly complex and interconnected world and uncertain future, critical transport systems need to be made more resilient. Being able to preserve critical services in ordinary as well as extraordinary circumstances is the resilience value ultimately delivered to customers. This paper argues that to be successfully implemented, resilience needs to be built/enhanced/embedded across the whole infrastructure lifecycle. It presents a summary of international research undertaken to identify tangible, practical, and relevant actions; tools; approaches; physical measures; and useful resources that decision-makers and practitioners can turn to when looking to implement infrastructure resilience. Finally, it is argued that a value-driven approach focusing on the resilience value delivered by infrastructure is needed to build the business case for resilience implementation.
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