Addressing Public Risks

Extreme Events and Critical Infrastructures

Bibliographic Data

ID4075210
AuthorsPeter J May, Peter May (0000-0001-8501-6500, University of Washington), Chris Koski (0000-0002-6475-4229, James Madison University)
Year2013
Volume30
Issue2
Pages139-159
Publication date2013-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueReview of Policy Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1541-132X • E-ISSN: 1541-1338
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/ropr.12012
OpenAlexW2162874625
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited21

We consider noncoercive means for harnessing the efforts of the private sector as partners with public authorities for addressing potential harms from widely dispersed risks. Our focus is the public and private sector approach in theUnitedStates to protecting the nation's critical infrastructures. We empirically address how two key elements of this approach-mobilization of attention and planning partnerships-work to foster "communities of interest" that pursue common sets of solutions for risk reduction. Our depiction of the varied communities of interest underscores differences in starting points in creating such communities, in the ability to mobilize and focus attention within them, and in the likelihood of sustaining efforts to address threats to critical infrastructures. The fundamental issue raised by our research is striking an appropriate balance between governmental and private sector roles in addressing risks for which it is hard to create and sustain protective actions

Business · Critical infrastructure · Critical infrastructure protection · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Natural disaster · Political science · Private sector · Public policy · Risk analysis (engineering · Terrorism · Disaster Management and Resilience · Infrastructure Resilience and Vulnerability Analysis · Risk Perception and Management

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