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Securing Transportation Systems
Simon Hakim (Edited by), S Hakim (Author), Gila Albert (Edited by), Yoram Shiftan (Edited by)
9781118977934, Wiley
Hardback, published 29 June 2015
416 pages
24.1 x 16.1 x 2.5 cm, 0.699 kg
Addresses a variety of challenges and solutions within the transportation security sphere in order to protect our transportation systems
• Provides innovative solutions to improved communication and creating joint operations centers to manage response to threats
• Details technological measures to protect our transportation infrastructure, and explains their feasibility and economic costs
• Discusses changes in travel behavior as a response to terrorism and natural disaster
• Explains the role of transportation systems in supporting response operations in large disasters
• Written with a worldwide scope
Contributors List ix Foreword xiii Preface xv 1 Introduction 1 Section I Motivation and Challenges 23 2 Terrorist Targeting of Public Transportation: Ideology and Tactics 25 3 On the Rationality and Optimality of Transportation Networks Defense: A Network Centrality Approach 35 4 Adaptive Resilience and Critical Infrastructure Security: Emergent Challenges for Transportation and Cyberphysical Infrastructure 65 5 Travelers’ Perceptions of Security for Long‐Distance Travel: An Exploratory Italian Study 91 6 Securing Transportation Systems from Radiological Threats 109 7 Protecting Transportation Infrastructure against Radiological Threat 129 Section II Security Consideration for Modes of Transportation 149 8 Securing Public Transit Systems 151 9 Railroad Infrastructure: Protecting an Increasingly Vulnerable Asset 177 10 Freight Railroad Security: A Case Study of Post‐9/11 Effectiveness 189 11 Cost‐Effective Airport Security Policy 205 12 Seaport Operations and Security 233 13 Pathologies of Privatization in the Transportation Worker Identification Credential Program 257 14 Traveler’s Security Perceptions and Port Choices 271 15 Pipeline Security 281 Section III The Role of Transportation in Evacuation 313 16 Evacuation from Disaster Zones: Lessons from recent disasters in Australia and Japan 315 17 Evacuation Planning and Preparedness in the Aftermath of Katrina, Rita, Irene, and Sandy: Lessons Learned 345 18 Rural Evacuation and Public Transportation 363 Index 377
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Subject Areas: Business & management [KJ]
