scholarly journals Natural Risk Management to Protect Critical Infrastructures: A Model for Active Learning

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catalin Cioaca ◽  
Vasile Prisacariu ◽  
Mircea Boscoianu
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Active Learning ◽  
Critical Infrastructures ◽  
Natural Risk

scholarly journals Games Ready to Use: A Serious Game for Teaching Natural Risk Management

2018 ◽  
Vol 49 (4) ◽  
pp. 441-470 ◽  
Author(s):  
Franck Taillandier ◽  
Carole Adam
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Serious Game ◽  
Natural Risk ◽  
Agent Based ◽  
Traditional Course ◽  
Multi Agent ◽  
The University ◽  
Future Work

Background.Risk management, and in particular the management of natural hazards and territorial risks has become an essential skill for civil engineers. Teaching risk management to engineering students is therefore crucial, but is also challenging: it looks too abstract to students, and practical works are complex and expensive to organise. It also involves interconnected mechanisms coupling human and technical aspects, that are difficult to explain. Aim. The challenge is then to propose a serious game able to support the teaching of territorial risk management to engineering students. As part of their curriculum, these students are expected to learn various concepts and notions: territorial risk, vulnerability of a territory, resilience, risk perception, multi-criteria analysis and balanced management. Method. In order to support risk management teaching, we propose SPRITE, an agent-based serious game using a concrete case study which is exemplary in terms of risk management: the coastal floods on the Oleron Island (France). SPRITE places the player (the student) in the role of a local councillor of the Oleron Island, who must ensure the safety and well-being of the island residents, while maximising performance with respect to economic and environmental issues, in a context of coastal flood risk. Results. The model is fully implemented in GAMA, an open-source multi-agent geographical simulation platform, and the game is already playable. It was used at the University of Bordeaux in a course on risk management dedicated to students in the Master of Geology and Civil Engineering. The evaluation of engagement and motivation with the game and learning from playing is very positive. Conclusions. The results from the game evaluation are encouraging. Short term future work will mainly be dedicated to pursuing this evaluation, and comparing results between students using SPRITE vs students following a more traditional course. Longer term prospects include several improvements of the model and the interface and implemented multiplayer features.

scholarly journals The Internet of Things for Natural Risk Management (Inte.Ri.M.)

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Riccardo Beltramo ◽  
Paolo Cantore ◽  
Enrica Vesce ◽  
Sergio Margarita ◽  
Paola De Bernardi
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Internet Of Things ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Natural Risk ◽  
The Internet Of Things

Natural risk management

2010 ◽  
Vol 80 (2) ◽  
pp. 119-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. I. Osipov
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Natural Risk

scholarly journals Defending Airports from UAS: A Survey on Cyber-Attacks and Counter-Drone Sensing Technologies

Sensors ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (12) ◽  
pp. 3537 ◽  
Author(s):  
Georgia Lykou ◽  
Dimitrios Moustakas ◽  
Dimitris Gritzalis
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Cyber Attacks ◽  
Security And Privacy ◽  
Critical Infrastructures ◽  
Unmanned Aerial Systems ◽  
Hard Problem ◽  
Civil Protection ◽  
Aerial Systems

As the fastest growing segment of aviation, unmanned aerial systems (UAS) continue to increase in number, technical complexity and capabilities. Numerous civilian and commercial uses are drastically transforming civil protection, asset delivery, commercial and entertaining activities. However, UAS pose significant challenges in terms of safety, security and privacy within society. An increasing phenomenon, nowadays, is drone-related incidents near airport facilities, which are expected to proliferate in frequency, complexity and severity, as drones become larger and more powerful. Critical infrastructures need to be protected from such aerial attacks, through effective counteracting technologies, risk management and resilience plans. In this paper, we present a survey of drone incidents near airports and a literature review of sensor technologies, able to prevent, detect, identify and mitigate rogue drones. We exhibit the benefits and limitations of available counter-drone technologies (C-UAS); however, defending airports against misused drone activity is a hard problem. Therefore, we analyze three realistic attack scenarios from malicious drones and propose an effective C-UAS protection plan for each case. We discuss applicability limitations of C-UAS in the aviation context and propose a resilience action plan for airport stakeholders for defending against airborne threats from misused drones.

scholarly journals A decision-support methodology for assessing the sustainability of natural risk management strategies in urban areas

2014 ◽  
Vol 14 (12) ◽  
pp. 3207-3230 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. M. Edjossan-Sossou ◽  
O. Deck ◽  
M. Al Heib ◽  
T. Verdel
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Decision Support ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Ecological Impacts ◽  
Natural Risk ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Risk Management Strategies ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Risk Managers

Abstract. This paper attempts to provide a decision support framework that can help risk managers in urban areas to improve their decision-making processes related to sustainable management. Currently, risk management strategies should no longer be selected based primarily on economic and technical insight. Managers must address the sustainability of risk management by assessing the impacts of their decisions on the sustainable development of a given territory. These assessments require tools that allow ex ante comparisons of the effectiveness and the likely economic, social and ecological impacts of the alternative management strategies. Therefore, this paper reports a methodological and operational framework, which aims to incorporate sustainability principles in a particular decision by taking all the dimensions that affect sustainability into account. This paper is divided into two main parts: one on the theoretical aspects of the proposed methodology and the other on its application to a flood risks management case in a municipality located in Meurthe-et-Moselle county (France). The results of the case study have shown how the methodology can be suitable for determining the most sustainable decision.

scholarly journals Hierarchical, model-based risk management of critical infrastructures

2009 ◽  
Vol 94 (9) ◽  
pp. 1403-1415 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Baiardi ◽  
C. Telmon ◽  
D. Sgandurra
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Hierarchical Model ◽  
Critical Infrastructures ◽  
Model Based
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