Revista de Ingeniería

revinge | eISSN 2011-0049 | ISSN 0121-4993

Integral Approach to Risk Management and Assessment of Urban Infrastructure

No. 31 (2010-01-01)
  • Camilo Hernando Gómez Castro
    a Ingeniero Electrónico, M.Sc. en Ingeniería, Área Industrial. Estudiante Doctoral. Universidad de los Andes. Bogotá D.C., Colombia. ch.gomez171@uniandes.edu.co
  • Diego Julián Castiblanco Rey
    b M.Sc. Ingeniero Electrónico, M.Sc. en Ingeniería, Área Industrial. Estudiante Doctoral. Universidad de los Andes. Bogotá D.C., Colombia. dj.castiblanco23@uniandes.edu.co
  • Mauricio Sánchez Silva
    c Ph.D. Ingeniero Civil, M.Sc. en Ingeniería Civil, Doctorado en Ingeniería Civil. Profesor asociado, Departamento de Ingeniería Civil y Ambiental. Universidad de los Andes. Bogotá D.C., Colombia. msanchez@uniandes.edu.co
https://doi.org/10.16924/revinge.31.9

Abstract

Urban infrastructure is essential for the development of modern societies: its assessment and risk-management must be undertaken within the framework of decisions of public-interest. The fact that infrastructure is made up of networks imposes the need for a systemic approach rather than one that emphasizes individual elements. This paper proposes a hierarchical description of infrastructure systems at different levels of resolution, allowing for effective risk-assessment through the use of simplified representations of the network for the assessment of failure probability and consequences. Finally, the approach to risk-management is undertaken by means of theory of incentives.

Keywords: Systemic analysis, clustering, infrastructure networks, decision making, incentives, risk-assessment