Investigation method for cascading effects between critical infrastructures

Björn Arvidsson; Jonas Johansson; Henrik Hassel; Alexander Cedergren

Investigation method for cascading effects between critical infrastructures

Björn Arvidsson, Jonas Johansson, Henrik Hassel, Alexander Cedergren

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This paper presents an investigation method for studying cascading effects in incidents, which is to some extent lacking in the scientific literature. Several incident investigation methods are reviewed and used to influence the presented method. The usefulness of the method is demonstrated in a case study for a recent event in Sweden, a severe flooding event in the city of Malmö in south of Sweden 31st of August 2014. The case study revealed that the method enables the gathering and structuring of information about cascading
effects and conditions that affect the outcome of cascading effects. An advantage of the method is that it also captures aggravating or mitigating conditions as well as potential cascading effects, enabling the study of near misses and alternative scenario developments. Concluding that the method has proven its practical value and it fills a current gap when it comes to investigation methods focused on cascading effects.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Safety and Reliability of Complex Engineered Systems - Proceedings of the 25th European Safety and Reliability Conference, ESREL 2015
Publisher	ESREL2015
Pages	3399-3407
ISBN (Print)	978-113802879-1
Publication status	Published - 2015
Event	European Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL2015) - Zürich, Schweiz Duration: 2015 Sept 7 → 2015 Sept 10

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Conference	European Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL2015)
Period	2015/09/07 → 2015/09/10

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Other Engineering and Technologies

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Cascading Effects
Critical Infrastructures
Risk
Vulnerability
Investigation Method

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Investigation method for cascading effects between critical infrastructures. / Arvidsson, Björn; Johansson, Jonas ; Hassel, Henrik et al.
Safety and Reliability of Complex Engineered Systems - Proceedings of the 25th European Safety and Reliability Conference, ESREL 2015. ESREL2015, 2015. p. 3399-3407.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Paper in conference proceeding › peer-review

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