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Reliability and Risk: The Challenge of Managing Interconnected Infrastructures
Paul Schulman
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Description for Reliability and Risk: The Challenge of Managing Interconnected Infrastructures
Hardback. Series: High Reliability and Crisis Management. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: KJMD; KNB; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 237 x 20. Weight in Grams: 532.
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The safe and continued functioning of critical infrastructures—such as electricity, natural gas, transportation, and water—is a social imperative. Yet the complex connections between these systems render them increasingly precarious. Furthermore, though we depend so heavily on interconnected infrastructures, we do not fully understand the risks involved in their failure.
Emery Roe and Paul R. Schulman argue that designs,...
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Condition
New
Series
High Reliability and Crisis Management
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804793933
SKU
V9780804793933
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About Paul Schulman
Emery Roe is Senior Research Associate at University of California, Berkeley's Center for Catastrophic Risk Management. Paul R. Schulman is Professor of Government at Mills College and a Senior Research Associate at University of California, Berkeley's Center for Catastrophic Risk Management.
Reviews for Reliability and Risk: The Challenge of Managing Interconnected Infrastructures
"This brilliant and provocative analysis translates complex interorganizational dependencies into accessible images and manageable practices. Complexity on this scale has been largely neglected because it is so difficult to register. But that has not deterred Roe and Schulman. Their argument coheres and is strengthened by a consistent focus on managers who bring agency to technical and physical systems. This important...
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