Securing transportation systems / edited by Simon Hakim, Gila Albert, Yoram Shiftan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hakim, Simon, 1944- editor.

Albert, Gila, 1965- editor.

Shiftan, Yoram, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Transportation--Security measures.

Transportation.

Transportation--Safety measures.

Transportation--Effect of terrorism on.

Terrorism--Prevention.

Terrorism.

Freight and freightage--Security measures.

Freight and freightage.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (409 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"This book focuses on how to protect our transportation systems including airports and airlines, water ports, highways, tunnels and bridges, rail and mass transit, and how to better plan evacuation when severe disasters occur. These infrastructures may face various threats, namely biological, chemical, nuclear (dirty bombs), cyber, and natural disaster. The book presents the "State of the Art" efforts to improve technological and managerial security measures against terrorism as well as during and after natural disasters"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; ContributorS List; Foreword; Preface; Chapter 1 Introduction; 1.1 OVERVIEW; 1.2 MAJOR TERRORIST ATTACKS TARGETING TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS; 1.3 THE ROLE OF TRANSPORTATION IN EVACUATION; 1.4 MARKET FAILURE LEADING TO A NEW MODEL OF PPP; 1.5 SECURITY STRATEGY; 1.6 BOOK STRUCTURE AND CHAPTERS; 1.7 CONCLUSION: RESOURCE ALLOCATION AND POLICY IMPLICATION; REFERENCES; Section I Motivation and Challenges; Chapter 2 Terrorist Targeting of Public Transportation: Ideology and Tactics; 2.1 BACKGROUND; 2.2 THE HISTORY OF TERRORIST-MOTIVATED HIJACKING

2.3 ISLAMIC JUSTIFICATION FOR ATTACKS ON MASS TRANSPORTATION2.4 CONCLUSION; REFERENCE; FURTHER READING; Chapter 3 On the Rationality and Optimality of Transportation Networks Defense: A Network Centrality Approach; 3.1 INTRODUCTION; 3.2 RELATED WORK; 3.3 TRANSPORTATION NETWORK DATASET; 3.4 BC VERSUS TRAFFIC FLOW; 3.5 OPTIMIZING THE LOCATIONS OF SURVEILLANCE AND MONITORING STATIONS; 3.6 APPLICATIONS AND CONSIDERATIONS FOR POLICY-MAKERS; 3.7 CASE STUDY: ATTACK SCENARIOS IN THE ISRAELI NETWORK; 3.8 CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES

Chapter 4 Adaptive Resilience and Critical Infrastructure Security: Emergent Challenges for Transportation and Cyberphysical Infrastructure4.1 INTRODUCTION: ADAPTIVE RESILIENCE; 4.2 TRANSPORTATION SECTOR SECURITY; 4.3 EMERGENT THREATS AND COMPLEX CHALLENGES FOR TRANSPORTATION; 4.4 CONCLUSION: TRANSPORTATION SECURITY AT A CROSSROADS; REFERENCES; Chapter 5 Travelers' Perceptions of Security for Long-Distance Travel: An Exploratory Italian Study; 5.1 INTRODUCTION; 5.2 LITERATURE REVIEW; 5.3 METHODOLOGY; 5.4 THE ITALIAN CASE STUDY; 5.5 CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENT; REFERENCES

Chapter 6 Securing Transportation Systems from Radiological Threats6.1 THE THREAT; 6.2 RADIATION SOURCES AND THEIR DETECTION; 6.3 RADIATION THREAT SCENARIOS; 6.4 POLICY AND INTELLIGENCE; 6.5 TECHNOLOGY AND ASSOCIATED CONOPS; 6.6 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; Chapter 7 Protecting Transportation Infrastructure against Radiological Threat; 7.1 INTRODUCTION; 7.2 EXPERIMENTAL SETUP AND RESULTS; 7.3 DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS; 7.4 SUMMARY; REFERENCES; Section II Security Consideration for Modes of Transportation; Chapter 8 Securing Public Transit Systems

8.1 INTRODUCTION: THE CHALLENGE OF TRANSIT SECURITY8.2 TYPOLOGY OF TRANSIT TERRORISM; 8.3 INCIDENCE OF TRANSIT TERRORISM; 8.4 SECURING TRANSIT FROM TERRORISM; 8.5 COMPATIBILITY OF ANTITERROR AND ANTICRIME STRATEGIES; 8.6 CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENT; REFERENCES; Chapter 9 Railroad Infrastructure: Protecting an Increasingly Vulnerable Asset; 9.1 INTRODUCTION; 9.2 RAIL VULNERABILITIES AND THREATS; 9.3 SECURING RAIL OPERATIONS; 9.4 STEPS TO ENHANCE SECURITY; 9.5 CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; Chapter 10 Freight Railroad Security: A Case Study of Post-9/11 Effectiveness; 10.1 INTRODUCTION

10.2 RESEARCH METHOD

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781786848888

1786848880

9781119078234

1119078237

9781119078203

1119078202

9781119078241

1119078245

OCLC:

905801996