Preparing for disaster: a comparative analysis of education for critical infrastructure collapse

Kitagawa, K, Preston, J and Chadderton, C (2017) 'Preparing for disaster: a comparative analysis of education for critical infrastructure collapse.' Journal of Risk Research, 20 (11). pp. 1450-1465.

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Official URL: http://doi.org/10.1080/13669877.2016.1178661

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.

Item Type: Article
Keywords: preparedness, preparedness education, critical infrastructure, critical infrastructure collapse, disaster, comparative
Divisions: School of Education
Date Deposited: 04 Oct 2017 11:41
Last Modified: 15 Aug 2021 09:47
ISSN: 1366-9877
URI / Page ID: https://researchspace.bathspa.ac.uk/id/eprint/10121
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