Critical Infrastructures – Resilience as a Minimum Supply Concept (CIRMin)
CIRMin (Critical Infrastructures − Resilience as a Minimum Supply Concept) is an interdisciplinary research project, which investigates dependencies between essential basic supply infrastructures (so-called Critical Infrastructures) in Germany. The aim is to develop a concept to achieve minimum supply of basic supply infrastructure for the population during a power failure. For this purpose, dependencies between the electricity and water supply (technical and organizational) are analyzed and socio-economic coping and recovery abilities examined.
Based on this, a necessary minimum supply is defined and protection goals identified. The protection goals should be integrated into the risk and crisis management processes of cities and municipalities. The project is a cooperation between several associated partners: Institut für Notfallmedizin, RheinEnergie Köln, RWE / RWW, Stadt Kerpen, Rhein-Erft-Kreis & Stadtentwässerungsbetriebe Köln.
Partners:
- TH Köln, Institute of Rescue Engineering and Civil Protection
- United Nations University – Institute for Environment and Human Security
- University of Stuttgart, Institute of Spatial and Regional Planning
- Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance (BBK)
- inter 3 GmbH, Institute for Resource Management
Lead Partner:
Sponsor:
Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Project management:
The Association of German Engineers (VDI)
Further information:
http://kirmin.web.th-koeln.de/?page_id=45&lang=en
Contact:
Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Jörn Birkmann
Julia Schiller, M.Sc.