Securing America's passenger-rail systems

by Wilson, Jeremy M.

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Title Statements

Full title :Securing America's passenger-rail systems / Jeremy M. Wilson [and others].

Summary

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.

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.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2007.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):RAND Corp
Place of Publication:Santa Monica, CA
Language:eng
Publication Date:2007.

The Physical Object

Description:1 Online-Ressource (xx, 122 Seiten)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780833041173, 0833041177, 0833044370, 9780833044372, 9781281430250, 1281430250
DOI:10.7249/mg705nij
oclc:on1030369949
LC Classification:TF23
Dewey Decimal:363.28/74