Securing transportation systems /
Securing transportation systems /
edited by Simon Hakim, Gila Albert, Yoram Shiftan.
- [Enhanced Credo edition]
- 1 online resource (27 entries) : 48 images ; digital files.
Includes bibliographical references.
Contributors list -- Foreword -- Preface -- 1. Introduction / Gila Albert, Erwin A. Blackstone, Simon Hakim, and Yoram Shiftan -- Section I. Motivation and challenges: 2. Terrorist targeting of public transportation: ideology and tactics / Shmuel Bar; 3. On the rationality and optimality of transportation networks defense: a network centrality approach / Yaniv Altshuler, Rami Puzis, Yuval Elovici, Shlomo Bekhor, and Alex (Sandy) Pentland; 4. Adaptive resilience and critical infrastructure security: emergent challenges for transportation and cyberphysical infrastructure / Corri Zoli and Laura J. Steinberg; 5. Travelers' perceptions of security for long-distance travel: an exploratory Italian study / Eva Valeri, Amanda Stathopoulos, and Edoardo Marcucci; 6. Securing transportation systems from radiological threats / Eric P. Rubenstein, Gordon A. Drukier, and Peter Zimmerman; 7. Protecting transportation infrastructure against radiological threat / Ilan Yaar, Itzhak Halevy, Zvi Berenstein, and Avi Sharon -- Section II. Security consideration for modes of transportation: 8. Securing public transit systems / Martin Wachs, Camille N.Y. Fink, Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris, and Brian D. Taylor; 9. Railroad infrastructure: protecting an increasingly vulnerable asset / Jeremy F. Plant and Richard R. Young; 10. Freight railroad security: a case study of post-9/11 effectiveness / Roland D. Pandolfi, Jr.; 11. Cost-effective airport security policy / Robert W. Poole, Jr.; 12. Seaport operations and security / Willard Price and Ali Hashemi; 13. Pathologies of privatization in the Transportation Worker Identification Credential Program / Benjamin Inman and John C. Morris; 14. Traveler's security perceptions and port choices / Amalia Polydoropoulou and Athena Tsirimpa; 15. Pipeline security / Luca Talarico, Kenneth Sörensen, Genserik Reniers, and Johan Springael -- Section III. The role of transportation in evacuation: 16. Evacuation from disaster zones: lessons from recent disasters in Australia and Japan / Daniel Baldwin Hess and Christina M. Farrell; 17. Evacuation planning and preparedness in the aftermath of Katrina, Rita, Irene, and Sandy: Lessons Learned / David S. Heller; 18. Rural evacuation and public transportation / Jaydeep Chaudhari, Zhirui Ye, and Dhrumil Patel.
Access restricted to authorized users and institutions.
Addresses a variety of challenges and solutions within the transportation security sphere in order to protect our transportation systems.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
9781786848888
Transportation--Security measures.
Transportation--Safety measures.
Transportation--Effect of terrorism on.
Terrorism--Prevention.
Freight and freightage--Security measures.
HE194 / .S424 2016
363.28/7
Includes bibliographical references.
Contributors list -- Foreword -- Preface -- 1. Introduction / Gila Albert, Erwin A. Blackstone, Simon Hakim, and Yoram Shiftan -- Section I. Motivation and challenges: 2. Terrorist targeting of public transportation: ideology and tactics / Shmuel Bar; 3. On the rationality and optimality of transportation networks defense: a network centrality approach / Yaniv Altshuler, Rami Puzis, Yuval Elovici, Shlomo Bekhor, and Alex (Sandy) Pentland; 4. Adaptive resilience and critical infrastructure security: emergent challenges for transportation and cyberphysical infrastructure / Corri Zoli and Laura J. Steinberg; 5. Travelers' perceptions of security for long-distance travel: an exploratory Italian study / Eva Valeri, Amanda Stathopoulos, and Edoardo Marcucci; 6. Securing transportation systems from radiological threats / Eric P. Rubenstein, Gordon A. Drukier, and Peter Zimmerman; 7. Protecting transportation infrastructure against radiological threat / Ilan Yaar, Itzhak Halevy, Zvi Berenstein, and Avi Sharon -- Section II. Security consideration for modes of transportation: 8. Securing public transit systems / Martin Wachs, Camille N.Y. Fink, Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris, and Brian D. Taylor; 9. Railroad infrastructure: protecting an increasingly vulnerable asset / Jeremy F. Plant and Richard R. Young; 10. Freight railroad security: a case study of post-9/11 effectiveness / Roland D. Pandolfi, Jr.; 11. Cost-effective airport security policy / Robert W. Poole, Jr.; 12. Seaport operations and security / Willard Price and Ali Hashemi; 13. Pathologies of privatization in the Transportation Worker Identification Credential Program / Benjamin Inman and John C. Morris; 14. Traveler's security perceptions and port choices / Amalia Polydoropoulou and Athena Tsirimpa; 15. Pipeline security / Luca Talarico, Kenneth Sörensen, Genserik Reniers, and Johan Springael -- Section III. The role of transportation in evacuation: 16. Evacuation from disaster zones: lessons from recent disasters in Australia and Japan / Daniel Baldwin Hess and Christina M. Farrell; 17. Evacuation planning and preparedness in the aftermath of Katrina, Rita, Irene, and Sandy: Lessons Learned / David S. Heller; 18. Rural evacuation and public transportation / Jaydeep Chaudhari, Zhirui Ye, and Dhrumil Patel.
Access restricted to authorized users and institutions.
Addresses a variety of challenges and solutions within the transportation security sphere in order to protect our transportation systems.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
9781786848888
Transportation--Security measures.
Transportation--Safety measures.
Transportation--Effect of terrorism on.
Terrorism--Prevention.
Freight and freightage--Security measures.
HE194 / .S424 2016
363.28/7