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A Portrait of Complexity: New Actors and Contemporary Challenges in the Global Energy System and the Role of Energy Infrastructure Security
Author(s) -
Giroux Jennifer
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
risk, hazards and crisis in public policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.634
H-Index - 8
ISSN - 1944-4079
DOI - 10.2202/1944-4079.1034
Subject(s) - energy security , vulnerability (computing) , energy (signal processing) , energy supply , natural disaster , critical infrastructure , production (economics) , human security , natural (archaeology) , climate change , business , political science , computer security , economics , geography , engineering , computer science , law , renewable energy , microeconomics , statistics , mathematics , archaeology , meteorology , electrical engineering , ecology , biology
This article analyses the emergence of new actors and contemporary challenges that have increased the complexity of the global energy system and brought to light the significant role of energy infrastructure security. Working in two parts, the article first provides a general overview of ONG supply‐demand trends and the role of energy infrastructure (EI) in production and transport activities. The second part examines new security‐risks to EI by exploring similarities and distinctions of natural and human‐caused threats to EI. The argues concludes that energy infrastructure security will become a centerpiece in future energy security debate due to the growing dependence on ONG imports from conflict‐prone supplier and transit regions as well as the vulnerability of EI to natural disasters brought on by climate change.