Introduction
The need for a systematic approach to risk assessment has long been recognized by owners and operators of transport infrastructure. However, until the 1980s, risk analyses concentrated mainly on traffic safety and the optimization of the safety of cr...
Resilience of the Infrastructure
For several years now, risk management in relation to infrastructure has been accompanied by the term resilience. The UN Office of Disaster Risk Reduction defines resilience as "the ability of a system, community or society exposed to hazards to resi...
Criticality
As the complexity and interdependence of different infrastructure systems increases, so do risks that cannot be dealt with using "classic" risk management methods. Thus, one investigates the "vulnerability" of entire infrastructure systems, such as t...