Securing America's passenger-rail systems /

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U.S. communities depend on reliable, safe, and secure rail systems. Each weekday, more than 12 million passengers take to U.S. railways. This book explains a framework for security planners and policymakers to guide cost-effective rail-security planning, specifically for the risk of terrorism. Risk...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Wilson, Jeremy M., 1974-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corp., 2007.
Temas:
Railroads > United States > Passenger traffic.
Transportation > United States > Passenger traffic.
Transports ferroviaires > États-Unis > Trafic voyageurs.
Transport de voyageurs > États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Law Enforcement.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Terrorism.
Railroads > Passenger traffic.
Transportation > Passenger traffic.
United States.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • Summary
  • Acknowledgments
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • Chapter 2. What are the key rail-attack threats and their consequences?
  • Chapter 3. Qualitative risk assessment for a notional passenger-rail system
  • Chapter 4. Baseline security and operational characteristics of the notional rail system
  • Chapter 5. Cost-effectiveness assessment of security-improvement options for the notional rail system
  • Chapter 6. Rail-security policy considerations
  • Appendix A. Qualitative risk assessment of rail-attack scenarios
  • Appendix B. Cost-effectiveness assessment details
  • References.

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