Logistics and Transportation Security
Logistics and Transportation Security

Author: Maria G. Burns

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2015-10-22

Total Pages: 402

ISBN-13: 1482253089

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"Professor Burns has captured the essence of transportation security, one of today's most pressing concerns. As the rate of globalization and world trade increases, security and supply chain resilience are at the core of one‘s global transportation network. This is a timely and well written contribution to the industry." John A. Moseley, Senior Dir

Securing Transportation Systems
Securing Transportation Systems

Author: Simon Hakim

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2015-06-01

Total Pages: 409

ISBN-13: 1119078245

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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

Securing America's Passenger-Rail Systems
Securing America's Passenger-Rail Systems

Author: Jeremy M. Wilson

Publisher: Rand Corporation

Published: 2007-12-21

Total Pages: 143

ISBN-13: 0833044370

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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 is a function of threat, vulnerability, and consequences. This book focuses on addressing vulnerabilities and limiting consequences.