Open AccessMoral dimensions of resilience in integrated urban systems: surprised by the expected
Author(s) -
Paul Brown,
R. Rhodes Trussell
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
h2open journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2616-6518
DOI - 10.2166/h2oj.2018.011
Subject(s) - interdependence , resilience (materials science) , reliability (semiconductor) , risk analysis (engineering) , computer science , management science , business , sociology , engineering , social science , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics , thermodynamics
This paper is a qualitative inquiry into ethical questions raised by (1) the limitations of traditional probability-based decision tools given hydrological non-stationarity and the consequent unpredictable frequency and severity of extreme events and (2) the potential for management and operational failures during extreme events as a result of increasingly complex, integrated, and interdependent infrastructure systems-of-systems. It discusses the limitations of traditional engineering reliability analysis in an increasingly unstable environment, with case study examples, and concludes with a discussion of its application to implementation measures designed to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).