Flood vulnerability of critical infrastructure in Cork, Ireland

Recent flood events in Ireland and particularly in County Cork have caused significant disruption to health service provisions, interruption of water and power supplies, and damage to roads and other transportation infrastructure, affecting the lives of hundreds of thousands of people over a prolong...

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Main Authors: de Bruijn Karin M., Cumiskey Lydia, Ní Dhubhda Róisín, Hounjet Micheline, Hynes William
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2016-01-01
Series:E3S Web of Conferences
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20160707005
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spelling doaj-4235589af7b64feea9b8751fee33f0fd2021-02-02T08:17:15ZengEDP SciencesE3S Web of Conferences2267-12422016-01-0170700510.1051/e3sconf/20160707005e3sconf_flood2016_07005Flood vulnerability of critical infrastructure in Cork, Irelandde Bruijn Karin M.0Cumiskey Lydia1Ní Dhubhda Róisín2Hounjet Micheline3Hynes William4Deltares, Flood Risk Management departmentDeltares, Flood Risk Management departmentFuture Analytics ConsultingDeltares, Flood Risk Management departmentFuture Analytics ConsultingRecent flood events in Ireland and particularly in County Cork have caused significant disruption to health service provisions, interruption of water and power supplies, and damage to roads and other transportation infrastructure, affecting the lives of hundreds of thousands of people over a prolonged period of weeks. These events clearly reveal- the vulnerability of the critical infrastructure to flooding and the dependence of society on critical infrastructure. In order to reduce the flood vulnerability and increase the resilience of the critical infrastructure networks in the future, detailed evidence-based analysis and assessment is essential. To this end a case study has been carried out on Cork City which analyses this vulnerability as it was in 2009, and as it is currently, and identifies adaptation options to reduce the future vulnerability of critical infrastructure to flooding and to build a more resilient society. This paper describes the storyline approach and CIrcle tool and their application to Cork City which focused on the analysis of the flood vulnerability of critical infrastructure and the impacts of failure of the infrastructure for other critical functions and on society.http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20160707005
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author de Bruijn Karin M.
Cumiskey Lydia
Ní Dhubhda Róisín
Hounjet Micheline
Hynes William
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Cumiskey Lydia
Ní Dhubhda Róisín
Hounjet Micheline
Hynes William
Flood vulnerability of critical infrastructure in Cork, Ireland
E3S Web of Conferences
author_facet de Bruijn Karin M.
Cumiskey Lydia
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Hounjet Micheline
Hynes William
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title Flood vulnerability of critical infrastructure in Cork, Ireland
title_short Flood vulnerability of critical infrastructure in Cork, Ireland
title_full Flood vulnerability of critical infrastructure in Cork, Ireland
title_fullStr Flood vulnerability of critical infrastructure in Cork, Ireland
title_full_unstemmed Flood vulnerability of critical infrastructure in Cork, Ireland
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publisher EDP Sciences
series E3S Web of Conferences
issn 2267-1242
publishDate 2016-01-01
description Recent flood events in Ireland and particularly in County Cork have caused significant disruption to health service provisions, interruption of water and power supplies, and damage to roads and other transportation infrastructure, affecting the lives of hundreds of thousands of people over a prolonged period of weeks. These events clearly reveal- the vulnerability of the critical infrastructure to flooding and the dependence of society on critical infrastructure. In order to reduce the flood vulnerability and increase the resilience of the critical infrastructure networks in the future, detailed evidence-based analysis and assessment is essential. To this end a case study has been carried out on Cork City which analyses this vulnerability as it was in 2009, and as it is currently, and identifies adaptation options to reduce the future vulnerability of critical infrastructure to flooding and to build a more resilient society. This paper describes the storyline approach and CIrcle tool and their application to Cork City which focused on the analysis of the flood vulnerability of critical infrastructure and the impacts of failure of the infrastructure for other critical functions and on society.
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20160707005
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