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Risk assessment for water infrastructure safety and security / Anna Doro-on.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Doro-on, Anna Maricel, 1977- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Water-supply--Risk assessment--United States.
- Water-supply.
- Water-supply--United States--Safety measures.
- Bioterrorism--United States.
- Bioterrorism.
- Health risk assessment--United States.
- Health risk assessment.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (426 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Boca Raton, Fla. : Taylor & Francis, 2012.
- Boca Raton, Fla. : CRC Press, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- One of the seventeen critical infrastructures vital to the security of the United States, the water supply system remains largely unprotected from the threat of terrorism, including possible revenge by Al Qaeda over the killing of Osama Bin Laden. Recognizing and identifying prospective events of terrorism against the water infrastructure is critical to the protection of the nation, as the consequences triggered by a terrorist attack on the water supply would be devastating. Risk Assessment for Water Infrastructure: Safety and Security provides a unique quantitative
- Contents:
- Front Cover; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Author; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Acts of Terrorism and the Biological, Chemical, and Radiological Weapons Used against Water Infrastructure; Chapter 3: Explosives Used Against Water Infrastructure; Chapter 4: Water Infrastructure; Chapter 6: Introduction to Risk and Vulnerability Assessment; Chapter 7: Standard Risk and Vulnerability Assessment; Chapter 8: Quantitative Risk Estimation Model; Chapter 9: Cumulative Prospect Theory and Risk Acceptability
- Chapter 10: Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Preventive MeasuresChapter 11: Strategic Intelligence Analysis for Water Infrastructure Terrorism Prevention; Back Cover
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9786613279576
- 9781040221297
- 1040221297
- 9780429248443
- 042924844X
- 9781283279574
- 1283279576
- 9781439853429
- 1439853428
- OCLC:
- 755415944
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