Multi-Hazard Resilience Estimation and Planning for Interdependent National Infrastructure Networks

由于极端天气事件，关键的国家基础设施（电力、交通、水等）出现大规模故障，这凸显了了解这些基础设施的系统性风险及其对社会、企业和工业的后续后果的必要性。2007年和2013- 2014年英国的洪水和风暴证明了这类问题的严重性。尽管系统性风险很重要，但包括2014年运输部弹性评估在内的多份报告都强调，缺乏对国家基础设施网络方法的理解和问责制，对相互依赖的基础设施之间的系统性脆弱性和风险的了解有限。因此，及时开发系统的国家基础设施模型，为风险评估和复原力规划提供信息。该创新计划提出开发创新工具来支持这一发展。该创新项目的主要目标是创建一个空间分析工具包，该工具包将数据和模型结合起来，用于相互依赖的国家基础设施网络的多灾害风险和复原力评估。该工具包将用于评估和沟通英国的电力（输配电）、交通（公路、铁路、航空和海运）网络和苏格兰的供水（配电）网络的风险。通过关键利益相关者的参与，这一创新计划以翻译为重点，具有很高的创新潜力，及时性和高潜在影响，提供物有所值，最重要的是与行业相关。支持这一创新计划的主要利益相关者包括ARUP、交通部、HR Wallingford、HS2和苏格兰水务公司，他们是NERC ERIIC计划的战略合作伙伴。JBA集团，一个重要的环境顾问也参与其中。项目利益相关者将利用该项目的创新，更好地将资源用于降低风险和规划关键国家基础设施的复原力。

Large-scale failures to critical national infrastructures (electricity, transportation, water, etc.), due to extreme weather events, have highlighted the need for understanding systemic risks to such infrastructures and their subsequent consequences to society, businesses and industry. The flooding and storms in UK in 2007 and 2013-14 provide evidence of the severity of such problems. Though systemic risks are important, multiple reports, including the Department for Transport's Resilience Review in 2014 highlight the lack of understanding and accountability for a network-of-networks approach to national infrastructures, with limited knowledge of systemic vulnerabilities and risks across interdependent infrastructures.Hence it is timely to develop system-of-systems national infrastructure models that inform risk assessment and resilience planning. This program of innovation proposes to develop innovative tools to support this development.The key objective of this program of innovation is to create a spatial analysis toolkit that combines data and models for multi-hazard risk and resilience estimation of interdependent national infrastructure networks. The toolkit will be used to assess and communicate risks to electricity (transmission and distribution), transport (road, rail, air and sea) networks for Great Britain and water (distribution) networks for Scotland. Through the participation of key stakeholders this program of innovation is translation-focused, has high innovation potential, is timely with high potential impact, provides value for money, and above all is relevant to the industry. The key stakeholders supporting this program of innovation include ARUP, Department for Transport, HR Wallingford, HS2, and Scottish Water, who are strategic partners with the NERC ERIIC program. Also JBA Group, a key environment consultant is involved. Project stakeholders will harness the innovation from this project to enable better targeting of resources for risk reduction and resilience planning for the critical national infrastructure.