Preparing for disaster: a comparative analysis of education for critical infrastructure collapse
Journal article
Authors | Kitagawa, K., Preston, J. and Chadderton, C. |
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Abstract | This article explores policy approaches to educating populations for potential critical infrastructure collapse in five different countries: the UK, the US, Germany, Japan and New Zealand. ‘Critical infrastructure’ is not always easy to define, and indeed is defined slightly differently across countries – it includes entities vital to life, such as utilities (water, energy), transportation systems and communications, and may also include social and cultural infrastructure. The article is a mapping exercise of different approaches to critical infrastructure protection and preparedness education by the five countries. The exercise facilitates a comparison of the countries and enables us to identify distinctive characteristics of each country’s approach. We argue that contrary to what most scholars of security have argued, these national approaches diverge greatly, suggesting that they are shaped more by internal politics and culture than by global approaches. |
Keywords | preparedness ; critical disaster ; infrastructure collapse |
Year | 2017 |
Journal | Journal of Risk Research |
Journal citation | 20 (11), pp. 1-17 |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
ISSN | 1466-4461 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/13669877.2016.1178661 |
Web address (URL) | http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84969242506&partnerID=MN8TOARS |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | 2017 |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 04 Apr 2016 |
Deposited | 21 Oct 2022 |
https://repository.derby.ac.uk/item/9q787/preparing-for-disaster-a-comparative-analysis-of-education-for-critical-infrastructure-collapse
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