Societal Vulnerability to Impacts of Extreme Weather Events on Land Transport Infrastructure Societal Vulnerability to Impacts 

https://doi.org/10.26552/com.C.2018.2.62-67

  • Maria Luskova
  • Michal Titko
  • Alan O'Connor
DOI: https://doi.org/10.26552/com.C.2018.2.62-67
Keywords: societal vulnerability, transportation, critical infrastructure

Abstract

The paper is focused on understanding how failure of land transport infrastructure leads to societal vulnerability. It presents the multilevel approach to societal vulnerability measuring. The level of the societal vulnerability is expressed through the Vulnerability Index, which is calculated based on the vulnerability indicators. Identification and selection of those indicators are based on definition of vulnerability as a function of exposure, susceptibility to change and capacity to adapt to that change.

Author Biographies

Maria Luskova

Department of Technical Sciences and Informatics, Faculty of Security Engineering, University of Zilina, Slovakia

Michal Titko

Department of Crisis Management, Faculty of Security Engineering, University of Zilina, Slovakia

Alan O'Connor

Department of Civil, Structural & Environmental Engineering, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

Published
2018-06-30
How to Cite
Luskova, M., Titko, M., & O’Connor, A. (2018). Societal Vulnerability to Impacts of Extreme Weather Events on Land Transport Infrastructure Societal Vulnerability to Impacts . Communications - Scientific Letters of the University of Zilina, 20(2), 62-67. https://doi.org/10.26552/com.C.2018.2.62-67
Issue
Vol 20 No 2 (2018)
Section
Articles