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Risk and Interdependencies in Critical Infrastructures

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This chapter presents the challenges faced by the water utilities to provide safe, secure and reliable service to meet the Water Framework Directives 2000/60/EC and the water safety plan (WHO [16]). These directives among others will form framing conditions for the risk and vulnerability analysis to be conducted. The analysis approach follows standard methodology for risk and vulnerability described in Chap. 3 of this book. In order to structure the analysis, it is common to split the system into the various water cycle components. For each of these components, hazards and threats are identified, probability and consequences assessed, and finally, the total risk picture presented. Practical examples from the Oslo case study are presented to support the approach.

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  1. SINTEF Building and Infrastructure, Trondheim, Norway

    Rita Ugarelli & Jon Røstum

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  1. , Safety Research, SINTEF, S.P. Andersens v 5, Trondheim, 7465, Norway

    Per Hokstad

  2. Technology, Department of Marine Technology, Norwegian University of Science and, Otto Nielsensv. 10, Trondheim, 7491, Norway

    Ingrid B. Utne

  3. , Production and Quality Engineering, NTNU Valgrinda, Trondheim, 7491, Norway

    Jørn Vatn

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Ugarelli, R., Røstum, J. (2012). Integrated Urban Water System. In: Hokstad, P., Utne, I., Vatn, J. (eds) Risk and Interdependencies in Critical Infrastructures. Springer Series in Reliability Engineering. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4661-2_9

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