TY - JOUR
T1 - Improving the resilience of critical infrastructures
T2 - Evidence-based insights from a systematic literature review
AU - Rathnayaka, Bawantha
AU - Siriwardana, Chandana S. A.
AU - Robert, Dilan
AU - Amaratunga, Dilanthi
AU - Setunge, Sujeeva
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors wish to acknowledge all the scholars and researchers who have contributed to building knowledge in the research domain.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2022/8/1
Y1 - 2022/8/1
N2 - Critical Infrastructures (CIs) have become the backbone of the economy and functionality of the built environment among all nations. The absence of a universally accepted definition for CIs hinders one's attempts at building the resilience of CIs against disasters. Identification of damage reduction measures is vital in decision-making to achieve the required disaster resilience in following established frameworks. Target D of Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRR) mainly emphasises the substantial reduction of disaster damages to the CIs through improving resilience within them. This study aims to develop a set of measures for achieving SFDRR target D using a systematic literature review. This study aims to identify a universal definition of CIs through critical indicators and propose optimum measures for enhancing the resilience of CIs. Twelve indicators are proposed under three aspects (resilience, environmental and sustainability, and socio-economic) to identify the CIs. Furthermore, eight measures were identified to achieve SFDRR target D. The identified measures were applied using CI examples to demonstrate that outcomes can be applied to enhance the existing governance systems of CIs.
AB - Critical Infrastructures (CIs) have become the backbone of the economy and functionality of the built environment among all nations. The absence of a universally accepted definition for CIs hinders one's attempts at building the resilience of CIs against disasters. Identification of damage reduction measures is vital in decision-making to achieve the required disaster resilience in following established frameworks. Target D of Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRR) mainly emphasises the substantial reduction of disaster damages to the CIs through improving resilience within them. This study aims to develop a set of measures for achieving SFDRR target D using a systematic literature review. This study aims to identify a universal definition of CIs through critical indicators and propose optimum measures for enhancing the resilience of CIs. Twelve indicators are proposed under three aspects (resilience, environmental and sustainability, and socio-economic) to identify the CIs. Furthermore, eight measures were identified to achieve SFDRR target D. The identified measures were applied using CI examples to demonstrate that outcomes can be applied to enhance the existing governance systems of CIs.
KW - Critical infrastructure
KW - Sendai framework
KW - Disaster risk reduction
KW - Damage reduction
KW - Resilience
KW - Criticality assessment
KW - Disasters
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85133267463&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2022.103123
DO - 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2022.103123
M3 - Literature review
VL - 78
JO - International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
JF - International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
SN - 2212-4209
M1 - 103123
ER -
