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Improving Societal Resilience to Disasters A Case Study of London’s Transportation System /

This book documents the outcomes of a study designed to explore ways of increasing resilience in a complex city system against disasters by focusing on the transportation system in London. A survey was undertaken comprising interviews with upper level decision makers as well as questionnaires to per...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Atun, Funda. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edition:1st ed. 2014.
Series:PoliMI SpringerBriefs,
Subjects:
Transportation.
Natural disasters.
Quality control.
Reliability.
Industrial safety.
Environmental engineering.
Biotechnology.
Social sciences.
Natural Hazards.
Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk.
Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology.
Methodology of the Social Sciences.
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04654-9
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Retrospective view of London
  • Current Risk Situation and Transportation System
  • Systemic and social vulnerability of the downstream of the Thames
  • Survey: Societal response
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix 1: Questionnaire to employee of TFL
  • Appendix 2: Questionnaire to public in London
  • Appendix 3: The result of the questionnaire to public in London.

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