Seeds of Disaster, Roots of Response: How Private Action Can Reduce Public Vulnerability

by Edited by Philip E. Auerswald , Lewis M. Branscomb , Todd M. La Porte , Erwann O. Michel-Kerjan

• ISBN13: 9780521857963
• ISBN10: 0521857961
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-09-18
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

In the wake of 9/11 and hurricane Katrina, executives and policymakers are increasingly motivated to reduce the vulnerability of social and economic systems to disasters. Most prior work on 'critical infrastructure protection' has focused on the responsibilities and actions of government rather than on those of the private sector firms that provide most vital services. Seeds of Disaster, Roots of Response is the first systematic attempt to understand how private decisions and operations affect public vulnerability. It describes effective and sustainable approaches - both business strategies and public policies - to ensure provision of critical services in the event of disaster. The authors are business leaders from multiple industries and are experts in risk analysis, economics, engineering, organization theory and public policy. The book shows the necessity of deeply rooted collaboration between private and public institutions, and the accountability and leadership required to progress from words to action.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	ix
Foreword, by General Robert T. Marsh	xi
Preface	xvii
Acknowledgments	xxi
I. SEEDS OF DISASTER
1 Where Private Efficiency Meets Public Vulnerability: The Critical Infrastructure Challenge	3	(16)
Philip E. Auerswald, Lewis M. Branscomb, Todd M. La Porte, and Erwann O. Michel-Kerjan
II. A CRITICAL CHALLENGE
2 A Nation Forewarned: Vulnerability of Critical Infrastructure in the Twenty-First Century	19	(7)
Lewis M. Branscomb
3 The Brittle Superpower	26	(11)
Stephen E. Flynn
4 Critical Infrastructure Protection in the United States Since 1993	37	(14)
Brian Lopez
5 Evolution of Vulnerability Assessment Methods	51	(20)
Brian Lopez
III. MANAGING ORGANIZATIONS
6 Managing for the Unexpected: Reliability and Organizational Resilience	71	(6)
Todd M. La Porte
7 Notes Toward a Theory of the Management of Vulnerability	77	(22)
Robert A. Frosch
8 Challenges of Assuring High Reliability When Facing Suicidal Terrorism	99	(22)
Todd R. La Porte
9 Managing for Reliability in an Age of Terrorism	121	(14)
Paul R. Schulman and Emery Roe
10 Organizational Strategies for Complex System Resilience, Reliability, and Adaptation	135	(22)
Todd M. La Porte
IV. SECURING NETWORKS
11 Complexity and Interdependence: The Unmanaged Challenge	157	(7)
Philip E. Auerswald
12 Managing Reliability in Electric Power Companies	164	(30)
Jack Feinstein
13 Coordinated and Uncoordinated Crisis Responses by the Electric Industry	194	(17)
Michael Kormos and Thomas Bowe
14 Electricity: Protecting Essential Services	211	(28)
Jay Apt, M. Granger Morgan, and Lester B. Lave
15 A Cyber Threat to National Security?	239	(19)
Sean P. Gorman
16 Interdependent Security in Interconnected Networks	258	(21)
Geoffrey Heal, Michael Kearns, Paul Kleindorfer, and Howard Kunreuther
V. CREATING MARKETS
17 Insurance, the 14th Critical Sector	279	(13)
Erwann O. Michel-Kerjan
18 National Security and Private-Sector Risk Management for Terrorism	292	(13)
Lloyd Dixon and Robert Reville
19 Terrorism, Insurance, and Preparedness: Connecting the Dots	305	(33)
James W. Macdonald
20 Looking Beyond TRIA: A Clinical Examination of Potential Terrorism Loss Sharing	338	(41)
Howard Kunreuther and Erwann O. Michel-Kerjan
21 Financing Catastrophe Risk with Public and Private (Re)insurance Resources	379	(16)
Franklin W. Nutter
VI. BUILDING TRUST
22 Public–Private Collaboration on a National and International Scale	395	(9)
Lewis M. Branscomb and Erwann O. Michel-Kerjan
23 Information Sharing with the Private Sector: History, Challenges, Innovation, and Prospects	404	(25)
Daniel B. Prieto III
24 Sharing the Watch: Public–Private Collaboration for Infrastructure Security	429	(28)
John D. Donahue and Richard J. Zeckhauser
25 The Paris Initiative, "Anthrax and Beyond": Transnational Collaboration Among Interdependent Critical Networks	457	(26)
Patrick Lagadec and Erwann O. Michel-Kerjan
VII. ROOTS OF RESPONSE
26 Leadership: Who Will Act? Integrating Public and Private Interests to Make a Safer World	483	(24)
Philip E. Auerswald, Lewis M. Branscomb, Todd M. La Porte, and Erwann O. Michel-Kerjan
References	507	(24)
Contributors	531	(16)
Author Index	547	(1)
Subject Index	548