Coaffee, Jon and Clarke, Jonathan (2017) Critical infrastructure lifelines and the politics of anthropocentric resilience. Resilience : International Policies, Practices and Discourses , 5 (3). pp. 161-181. doi:10.1080/21693293.2016.1241475

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Abstract

The discourse of resilience has increasingly been utilised to advance the political prioritisation of enhanced security and to extend the performance of risk management in the Anthropocene. This has been notably advanced through integrated approaches that engage with uncertainty, complexity and volatility in order to survive and thrive in the future. Within this context, and drawing on findings from a number of EU-wide research projects tasked with operationalising critical infrastructure resilience, this paper provides a much- needed assessment of how resilience ideas are shaping how critical infrastructure providers and operators deal with complex risks to ‘lifeline’ systems and networks, whilst also illuminating the tensions elicited in the paradigm shift from protective-based risk management towards adaptive-based resilience. In doing so, we also draw attention to the implications of this transition for organisational governance and for the political ecologies of the Anthropocene that calls for more holistic, adaptable and equitable ways of assessing and working with risk across multiple systems, networks and scales.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Risk management -- Government policy -- European Union countries, Infrastructure (Economics) -- Security measures -- European Union countries, Cyberinfrastructure -- Security measures -- European Union countries
Journal or Publication Title:	Resilience : International Policies, Practices and Discourses
Publisher:	Routledge
ISSN:	2169-3293
Official Date:	2017
Dates:	Date Event 2017 Published 9 October 2016 Available 16 September 2016 Accepted 1 March 2016 Submitted
Date of first compliant deposit:	2 February 2017
Volume:	5
Number:	3
Page Range:	pp. 161-181
DOI:	10.1080/21693293.2016.1241475
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access
Funder:	Seventh Framework Programme (European Commission) (FP7), Horizon 2020 (European Commission) (H2020)
Grant number:	Grant agreement no 312013 (FP7), Grant agreement no 653260 (H2020)

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