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

Kitagawa, K; Preston, J; Chadderton, C; (2017) Preparing for disaster: a comparative analysis of education for critical infrastructure collapse. Journal of Risk Research , 20 (11) pp. 1450-1465. 10.1080/13669877.2016.1178661. Green open access

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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.

Type: Article
Title: Preparing for disaster: a comparative analysis of education for critical infrastructure collapse
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1080/13669877.2016.1178661
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13669877.2016.1178661
Language: English
Additional information: Copyright © 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in the Journal of Risk Research on [DATE OF PUBLICATION], available online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13669877.2016.1178661
Keywords: preparedness, preparedness education, critical infrastructure, critical infrastructure collapse, disaster, comparative
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Education, Practice and Society
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1497974
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