Identifying resilience principles in the UK air transportation industry and developing an integrated conceptual resilience framework.

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dc.contributor.advisorBraithwaite, Graham R.
dc.contributor.advisorPilbeam, Colin
dc.contributor.authorSteinmann, Fabian
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-19T10:15:17Z
dc.date.available2023-09-19T10:15:17Z
dc.date.issued2022-08
dc.description.abstractOrganisations across the aviation sector strive to become more resilient, and there is a great desire to integrate resilience into the operation. However, there is no clear definition of resilience, and people in academia and industry have interpreted the concept differently. The research aims to integrate different conceptualisations of resilience and develop a framework that holistically explains how resilience can be developed in the UK air transportation industry context. The development of the framework is achieved through an integration of the literature and empirical refinement of the subsequent preliminary framework. A systematic, multi-sector and cross-disciplinary literature review was conducted to determine four main themes of resilience: System Design, System Preparedness, System Response, and System Changes. A total of 26 high-level resilience principles were identified in the literature and grouped into different (sub-)themes, building the foundation for a Preliminary Resilience Framework (PRF). The empirical work of the thesis investigated five cases in the UK air transportation system. The qualitative research aimed to identify empirical evidence through thematic analysis of how the UK air transportation industry operationalised the identified high-level principles. The analysis of the cases found evidence for 19 of the 26 principles. Furthermore, the case study findings determined ten new connections between the various identified (sub-)themes and refined the PRF. The five case study findings were synthesised to develop an Integrated Conceptual Resilience Framework (ICRF). The ICRF combines findings from all five case studies and provides a holistic resilience framework, outlining the principles and features of a resilient UK air transportation system.en_UK
dc.description.coursenamePhD in Transport Systemsen_UK
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/20243
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherCranfield Universityen_UK
dc.publisher.departmentSATMen_UK
dc.rights© Cranfield University, 2022. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced without the written permission of the copyright holder.en_UK
dc.subjectResilience engineeringen_UK
dc.subjectIRGen_UK
dc.subjectsystemen_UK
dc.subjectsetupen_UK
dc.subjectchecksen_UK
dc.subjectpreparednessen_UK
dc.subjectrobustnessen_UK
dc.subjectrebounden_UK
dc.subjectextensiblyen_UK
dc.subjectchangesen_UK
dc.titleIdentifying resilience principles in the UK air transportation industry and developing an integrated conceptual resilience framework.en_UK
dc.typeThesis or dissertationen_UK
dc.type.qualificationlevelDoctoralen_UK
dc.type.qualificationnamePhDen_UK

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