Zaštita Kritične Infrastrukture Od Posledica Prirodnih Katastrofa

Critical Infrastructure Protection is one of the important measures to mitigate the consequences of natural disasters. As such, it has been recognized as a basis for maintaining the functionality of the community in emergency situations. It can be said that the main aim of protection of critical infrastructure from the impact of natural disasters is to maintain continuity in its functioning. Specifi cally, reducing the impact of natural disasters on people and critical infrastructure includes interventions aimed at preventing or reducing the possibility of physical harm and social disruption. In addition, there are two dominant types of reducing the impacts of natural disasters, structural and nonstructural types. Structural mitigation involves the design, construction, maintenance and renovation of physical structures and infrastructure to resist the physical forces and impacts of natural disasters, while non-structural mitigation includes eff orts to reduce exposure of the human population, physical structure and infrastructure to conditions of risk. Approaches of non-structural mitigation include the legally adopted zoning measures that take into account the possible impacts of disasters; regulation of development in areas of high risk such as sloping ground, which are prone to landslides and coastal zones as a target of storm waves; and even in some cases the repurchase and relocation of communities or sections of the communities.Therefore, in the paper, the author analyzes the possibilities of protection of critical infrastructure from direct/indirect eff ects of natural disasters, with a special emphasis on structural and non-structural measures for their protection. In addition, special attention is paid to the phenomenological structure and consequences of diff erent types of natural disasters on critical infrastructure.