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Review article
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| 04 May 2021
| 04 May 2021
Review article: Towards resilient vital infrastructure systems – challenges, opportunities, and future research agenda
Seyedabdolhossein Mehvar
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Technology, University of Twente, 7500 AE Enschede, the Netherlands
Kathelijne Wijnberg
Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Technology, University of Twente, 7500 AE Enschede, the Netherlands
Bas Borsje
Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Technology, University of Twente, 7500 AE Enschede, the Netherlands
Norman Kerle
Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation, University of Twente, 7500 AE Enschede, the Netherlands
Jan Maarten Schraagen
Faculty of Behavioral, Management and Social Sciences, University
of Twente, 7500 AE Enschede, the Netherlands
TNO Defence, Safety and Security, 3769 ZG Soesterberg, the
Netherlands
Joanne Vinke-de Kruijf
Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Technology, University of Twente, 7500 AE Enschede, the Netherlands
Karst Geurs
Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Technology, University of Twente, 7500 AE Enschede, the Netherlands
Andreas Hartmann
Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Technology, University of Twente, 7500 AE Enschede, the Netherlands
Rick Hogeboom
Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Technology, University of Twente, 7500 AE Enschede, the Netherlands
Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation, University of Twente, 7500 AE Enschede, the Netherlands
Water Footprint Network, 7500 AE Enschede, the Netherlands
Suzanne Hulscher
Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Technology, University of Twente, 7500 AE Enschede, the Netherlands
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Short summary
This review synthesizes and complements existing knowledge in designing resilient vital infrastructure systems (VIS). Results from a systematic literature review indicate that (i) VIS are still being built without taking resilience explicitly into account and (ii) measures to enhance the resilience of VIS have not been widely applied in practice. The main pressing topic to address is the integration of the combined social, ecological, and technical resilience of these systems.
This review synthesizes and complements existing knowledge in designing resilient vital...
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