Global biosecurity : threats and responses / edited by Peter Katona, John P. Sullivan, and Michael D. Intriligator.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Intriligator, Michael D.

Katona, Peter, 1951-

Sullivan, John P., 1959-

Series:

Contemporary security studies.

Contemporary security studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bioterrorism--Prevention.

Bioterrorism.

Biological weapons--Safety measures.

Biological weapons.

Biological arms control.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (341 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book explores a range of biohealth and biosecurity threats, places them in context, and offers responses and solutions from global and local, networked and pyramidal, as well as specialized and interdisciplinary perspectives. Specifically covering bioterrorism, emerging infectious diseases, pandemic disease preparedness and remediation, agroterroism, food safety, and environmental issues, the contributors demonstrate that to counter terrorism of any kind, a global, networked, and multidisciplinary approach is essential. To be successful in biosecurity, this book argues it

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; About the authors; Preface; The U.S. Offensive Biological Warfare Program, 1943-1969; Introduction: Global biosecurity and the spectrum of infectious disease threats: a networked global approach; Part I Assessing the threats of natural and deliberate epidemics; 1 Emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases; 2 Biological warfare and bioterrorism: How do they differ from other WMD threats?; 3 The history of bioterrorism, biowarfare, and biocrimes; 4 Food and agricultural biosecurity; 5 The economic, political, and social impacts of bioterrorism

6 Technology and the global proliferation of dual- use biotechnologies7 A catastrophic climate: Conflict and environmental security setting the stage for humanitarian crises; Part II Gaps and weaknesses in current public health preparedness and response systems; 8 Different perceptions, similar reactions: Biopreparedness in the European Union; 9 Emerging roles of reserve forces: National Guard roles and mission in domestic biopreparedness; 10 Mitigating crisis through communication; Part III Integrated approaches to infectious disease preparedness and response; 11a Bioterrorism surveillance

11b The role of informal information sources as an adjunct to routine disease surveillance12 A public health model for WMD threat assessment: Connecting the bioterrorism dots on the local level; 13 Integrating local, state, and federal responses to infectious threats and other challenges facing local public health departments; 14 Vulnerable populations in disaster planning: Children are different; 15 Developing a new paradigm for biodefense in the twenty-first century: Adapting our healthcare response to the biodisaster threat; 16 Enhancing the role of private industry in biosecurity

17 Towards a global ius pestilentiae: The functions of law in global biosecurityConclusion; Afterword: Bureaucracy vs. bioterror: the losing race; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-135-27301-4

1-135-27302-2

1-282-57203-2

9786612572036

0-203-86024-1

9780203860243

OCLC:

609854995