Definition: Critical infrastructure
The physical structures, facilities, networks and other assets which provide services that are essential to the social and economic functioning of a community or society.
Cite this
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (Ä¢¹½´«Ã½). 2017. The Sendai Framework Terminology on Disaster Risk Reduction. "Critical infrastructure". Accessed 29 April 2025. . [Copy citation]
About the terminology
The Open-ended Intergovernmental Expert Working Group on Indicators and Terminology (OIEWG) relating to disaster risk reduction was established by the General Assembly in its resolution 69/284 for the development of a set of possible indicators to measure global progress in the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, coherent with the work of the Inter-Agency and Expert Group on Sustainable Development Goal Indicators. The report was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on February 2nd, 2017.
promotes a common understanding and usage of disaster risk reduction concepts and to assist the disaster risk reduction efforts of authorities, practitioners and the public.
