Securing America's passenger-rail systems
U.S. communities depend on reliable, safe, and secure rail systems. Each weekday, more than 12 million passengers take to U.S. railways. Recent attacks on passenger-rail systems around the world highlight the vulnerability of rail travel and the importance of rail security for these passengers. The...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Santa Monica, CA :
RAND Corporation
2007.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009421499106719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter One - Introduction; Background; Objectives and Scope; Approach; Outline of Book; Chapter Two - What Are the Key Rail-Attack Threats and Their Consequences?; Introduction; Weapons and Tactics Used Against Rail Systems; The Targets of Terrorist Attacks in Rail Systems; Outcomes of Past Terrorist Attacks on Rail Systems; Lessons from the Threat Assessment; Chapter Three - Qualitative Risk Assessment for a Notional Passenger-Rail System; Introduction; Laying Out a Notional Rail System
- Determining Attack Scenarios Qualitatively Assessing Terrorism Risk; Chapter Four - Baseline Security and Operational Characteristics of the Notional Rail System; Introduction; Defining the Baseline Security Measures; Notional Rail System Description; Defining Security Layers for the Notional Rail System; Chapter Five - Cost-Effectiveness Assessment of Security-Improvement Options for the Notional Rail System; Introduction; Assessment-Process Overview; Characterizing and Estimating Costs of Security-Improvement Options; Perimeter-Layer Cost-Effectiveness Assessment Process
- Limitations on Using the Analytical Assessment Process Chapter Six - Rail-Security Policy Considerations; Rail-Security Lessons at the System Level; The Future of Rail Security; Rail Security Versus the Security of Everything Else; Conclusions; Appendix A - Qualitative Risk Assessment of Rail-Attack Scenarios; Appendix B - Cost-Effectiveness Assessment Details; References
