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. 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.
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- Full title :Securing America's passenger-rail systems / Jeremy M. Wilson [and others].
Summary
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.
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- Publication Date:2007.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):RAND Corp
- Place of Publication:Santa Monica, CA
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2007.
The Physical Object
- Description:xx, 122 pages : : illustrations (chiefly color) ; : 26 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780833041173, 0833041177
- oclc:ocn182621570
- LC Classification:TF23
- Dewey Decimal:363.28/74
Table of Contents
Introduction -- What are the key rail-attack threats and their consequences? -- Qualitative risk assessment for a notational passenger-rail system -- Baseline security and operational characteristics of the notational rail system -- Cost-effectiveness assessment of security-improvement options for the notational rail system -- Rail-security policy considerations.
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