Modern societies are strictly dependent on the Critical Infrastructures (CIs) and their functionality for the everyday functions. Disruption or suspension of CIs services can lead to negative impacts to the economy and welfare of the country and the citizens. Additionally, it is observed that extreme events, natural or man-made are affecting CIs and their functionality in large extent. The increasing number of extreme events the last years made many governments and authorities to realize the need for protection and preparedness of CIs and that lead to the development of Critical Infrastructure Protection and Resilience (CIP-R) programs. In this thesis the Critical Infrastructures interdependency is studied and it is observed that interdependency between CIs can cause cascade effect and lead to extremely high physical damages and economic losses. Additionally, the direct, indirect and economic losses after a disaster were studied and based on that the case study of explosion of the naval base in Cyprus, 2011 was analyzed and the damage data was classified based on the European Commission regulations. Furthermore, an Information System (IS) was implemented in order to facilitate the process of damage assessment and recording after a disaster, based on the EU regulations. In order to test the functionality and quality of the IS, the case study of Flood in Umbria Region in November 2013 and February 2014 were considered. The case study was analyzed and the damage data was used for the validation of the IS. From the results we can see that some improvements are needed in the methodology of damage assessment and recording in Italy as well as some improvements of the Information System.
Le società moderne sono strettamente dipendenti dalle Infrastrutture Critiche (CIs) e le loro funzionalità per la loro funzione quotidiane. La interruzione o sospensione del loro servizio può generare impatti negativi alla economia e al benessere del paese e i loro cittadini. Anzi, si può vedere che gli eventi estremi, naturali o man-made, stanno interessando le Cis e la loro funzionalità ampliamente. Il crescente numero di eventi estremi negli due anni scorsi hanno fatto a molti governi ed autorità di rendersi conto della loro necessità di proteggere e preparare le loro Cis e conducendo a lo sviluppo di programmi per la Protezione e Resilienza delle Infrastrutture Critiche (CIP-R). Lo scopo di questa tesi è studiare la interdipendenza delle infrastrutture critiche. Si può cedere che la interdipendenza tra Cis può fare effetti cascata e condurre a elevati danni fisici perdite economiche. Le perdite economiche, dirette ed indirette, dopo un disastro sono studiate e basato nel caso studio della esplosione della base navale in Cipro, 2011 fu analizzato e le data di danno furono classificate secondo le regolazione della Commissione Europea. Inoltre un Sistema Informativo (IS) è stato implementato per facilitare il processo della valutazione e registrazione del danno dopo un disastro, basato nelle regolazione della EU. Per testare la funzionalità e la qualità del IS, il caso studio del alluvione in Umbria nel Novembre 2013 e Febbraio 2014 fu considerato. Il caso studio fu analizzato e i dati di danno è stato usato per la validazione del IS. Dopo l’analisi dei resultati possiamo osservare che sono necessari migliorazione della metodologia di valutazione e registrazione dei danni in Italia come pure, oltre a migliorazione al IS implementato.
Implementation of an information system for critical infrastructures damage assessment
IOANNOU, FOTEINI
2015/2016
Abstract
Modern societies are strictly dependent on the Critical Infrastructures (CIs) and their functionality for the everyday functions. Disruption or suspension of CIs services can lead to negative impacts to the economy and welfare of the country and the citizens. Additionally, it is observed that extreme events, natural or man-made are affecting CIs and their functionality in large extent. The increasing number of extreme events the last years made many governments and authorities to realize the need for protection and preparedness of CIs and that lead to the development of Critical Infrastructure Protection and Resilience (CIP-R) programs. In this thesis the Critical Infrastructures interdependency is studied and it is observed that interdependency between CIs can cause cascade effect and lead to extremely high physical damages and economic losses. Additionally, the direct, indirect and economic losses after a disaster were studied and based on that the case study of explosion of the naval base in Cyprus, 2011 was analyzed and the damage data was classified based on the European Commission regulations. Furthermore, an Information System (IS) was implemented in order to facilitate the process of damage assessment and recording after a disaster, based on the EU regulations. In order to test the functionality and quality of the IS, the case study of Flood in Umbria Region in November 2013 and February 2014 were considered. The case study was analyzed and the damage data was used for the validation of the IS. From the results we can see that some improvements are needed in the methodology of damage assessment and recording in Italy as well as some improvements of the Information System.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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