ABSTRACT
The development and management of societal infrastructure is a central task for the continued success of society. The decision processes involved in this task concern all aspects of managing and performing the planning, investigations, designing, manufacturing, execution, operations, maintenance and decommissioning of objects of societal infrastructure, such as traffic infra-structure, housing, power generation, power distribution systems and water distribution systems. During the planning and execution of engineering facilities and activities, the management of risks should ideally be based on a holistic perspective considering all possible events which may lead to and/or influence consequences of any sort. In reality such a seamless assessment and management of risks is difficult to realize due to the way in which engineering facilities and activities are planned and organized.
