Resilienz und Kritische Infrastrukturen

The interdependencies between supply infrastructures & in the event of power failures, for example & may not only limit regular supplies in the event of a crisis, but can also make emergency supply mechanisms more difficult. This book illustrates the interdependencies between various infrastructures and identifies potentially critical structures and the consequences for public life when individual components fail. Using selected example scenarios, the challenges of crisis events and ways of coping with them are discussed. The book is rounded off with clear suggestions for ways of increasing resilience.



Andreas Karsten, a qualified physicist and retired fire chief, is an independent management consultant in Hamburg. He previously worked in the United Arab Emirates and at the Federal Office for Civil Defence and Disaster Control in Germany. Stefan Vossschmidt, a lawyer, is a lecturer in the Federal Office for Civil Defence and Disaster Control (BBK). Both editors are members of the German Society for the Promotion of Social Media and Technologies in Civil Defence (DGSMTech) and have published several articles in the field of civil defence.