Challenges in Establishing Cross-Border Resilience Urban Disaster Resilience and Security

Anouck Adrot, Frank Friedrich, Andreas Lotter, Thomas Münzberg, Eric Rigaud (), Marcus Weins, Wolfgang Raskob and Frank Schultmann
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Anouck Adrot: DRM - Dauphine Recherches en Management - Université Paris Dauphine-PSL - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Thomas Münzberg: KIT - Karlsruhe Institute of Technology = Karlsruher Institut für Technologie
Eric Rigaud: CRC - Centre de recherche sur les Risques et les Crises - Mines Paris - PSL (École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris) - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres
Marcus Weins: KIT - Karlsruhe Institute of Technology = Karlsruher Institut für Technologie
Wolfgang Raskob: KIT - Karlsruhe Institute of Technology = Karlsruher Institut für Technologie
Frank Schultmann: KIT - Karlsruhe Institute of Technology = Karlsruher Institut für Technologie

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Abstract: This chapter focuses on resilience stakes that characterize urbanizing cross-border regions. While cross-border regions are characterized by multiple sources of vulnerabilities that are inherent to their development and history, knowledge remains partial in relation to how these regions address disasters that could affect both sides of the frontier. For decades, most cross-border regions have been expanding both from economical and institutional perspectives. In the meantime, urban density has been increasing, as well as the complexity of critical infrastructures—for instance, transportation or electricity distribution—that support essential services such as health care. Due to such complexity, these infrastructures represent major vulnerabilities for cross-border regions nowadays. In addition, borderland citizens' behaviours remain uncertain, due to history and co-existing diverse cultural backgrounds. The chapter introduces the concept of resilience as a valuable lens to investigate disaster management of cross-border regions. More specifically, this chapter proposes to draw on resilience methodologies to address risks related to infrastructure, organization and behaviours in cross-border regions. By doing so, the chapter contributes to a holistic perspective on these vulnerabilities and their management when a disaster strikes. While a large spectrum of European projects has taken into consideration some of cross-border regions' specificities, a comprehensive approach to cross-border resilience is still missing. We illustrate the relevance of this approach with the example of the French–German cross-border region. Going further, the chapter presents the INCA project that relies on multidisciplinary investigation of cross-border resilience and will deliver an agent-based model to support decision-making in cross-border regions facing disasters.

Keywords: Risk management; Multidisciplinary approach; Urban resilience; Cross-border regions; Crisis management; Agent-based modeling; German–French frontier; Critical infrastructure; Social vulnerability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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Published in Urban Disaster Resilience and Security, pp.429-457, 2018, ⟨10.1007/978-3-319-68606-6_25⟩

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-68606-6_25

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