Seeds of disaster, roots of response : how private action can reduce public vulnerability / edited by Philip E. Auerswald [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Auerswald, Philip E., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emergency management.

Infrastructure (Economics)--Security measures.

Infrastructure (Economics).

Public-private sector cooperation.

Crisis management.

Risk management.

Preparedness.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxii, 554 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the wake of 9/11 and hurricane Katrina, executives and policymakers are increasingly motivated to reduce the vulnerability of social and economic systems to disasters. Most prior work on 'critical infrastructure protection' has focused on the responsibilities and actions of government rather than on those of the private sector firms that provide most vital services. Seeds of Disaster, Roots of Response is the first systematic attempt to understand how private decisions and operations affect public vulnerability. It describes effective and sustainable approaches - both business strategies and public policies - to ensure provision of critical services in the event of disaster. The authors are business leaders from multiple industries and are experts in risk analysis, economics, engineering, organization theory and public policy. The book shows the necessity of deeply rooted collaboration between private and public institutions, and the accountability and leadership required to progress from words to action.

Contents:

Where private efficiency meets public vulnerability : the critical infrastructure challenge / Philip E. Auerswald [and others]

A nation forewarned : vulnerability of critical infrastructure in the twenty-first century / Lewis M. Branscomb

The brittle superpower / Stephen E. Flynn

Critical infrastructure protection in the United States since 1993 / Brian Lopez

Evolution of vulnerability assessment methods / Brian Lopez

Managing for the unexpected : reliability and organizational resilience / Todd M. La Porte

Notes toward a theory of the management of vulnerability / Robert A. Frosch

Challenges of assuring high reliability when facing suicidal terrorism / Todd R. La Porte

Managing for reliability in an age of terrorism / Paul R. Schulman and Emery Roe

Organizational strategies for complex system resilience, reliability, and adaptation / Todd M. La Porte

Complexity and interdependence : the unmanaged challenge / Philip E. Auerswald

Managing reliability in electric power companies / Jack Feinstein

Coordinated and uncoordinated crisis responses by the electric industry / Michael Kormos and Thomas Bowe

Electricity : protecting essential services / Jay Apt, M. Granger Morgan, and Lester B. Lave

A cyber threat to national security? / Sean P. Gorman

Interdependent security in interconnected networks / Geoffrey Heal [and others]

Insurance, the 14th critical sector / Erwann O. Michel-Kerjan

National security and private-sector risk management for terrorism / Lloyd Dixon and Robert Reville

Terrorism, insurance, and preparedness : connecting the dots / James W. Macdonald

Looking beyond TRIA : a clinical examination of potential terrorism loss sharing / Howard Kunreuther and Erwann O. Michel-Kerjan

Financing catastrophe risk with public and private (re)insurance resources / Franklin W. Nutter

Private-public collaboration on a national and international scale / Lewis M. Branscomb and Erwann O. Michel-Kerjan

Information sharing with the private sector : history, challenges, innovation, and prospects / Daniel B. Prieto, III

Sharing the watch : public-private collaboration for infrastructure security / John D. Donahue and Richard J. Zeckhauser

The paris initiative, "anthrax and beyond" : transnational collaboration among interdependent critical networks / Patrick Lagadec and Erwann O. Michel-Kerjan

Leadership : who will act? Integrating public and private interests to make a safer world / Philip E. Auerswald [and others].

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 507-530) and indexes.

ISBN:

1-107-16690-X

1-280-70278-8

0-511-24996-9

0-511-25047-9

0-511-24890-3

0-511-31905-3

0-511-50973-1

0-511-24945-4

OCLC:

171140037