Auckland Unplugged: Coping with Critical Infrastructure Failure

by Eric Stern, Lina M. Svedin, Lindy Newlove, et al.

Book Overview

Virtually all of the socio-technical systems that maintain public order, quality of life, and commerce depend on a reliable electric supply, and critical infrastructure failures such as 'blackouts' have profound implications for citizens and for those who govern in their name. Social scientists have noted the impact of such failures on society, and undertake the study of crisis management to improve our knowledge of why critical systems fail and how...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0739107747
• ISBN13: 9780739107744
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"