| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 122 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-122). |
| Contents |
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. |
| 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. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Railroads -- United States -- Passenger traffic.
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Transportation -- United States -- Passenger traffic.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Law Enforcement.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Terrorism.
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Railroads -- Passenger traffic.
(OCoLC)fst01089085
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Transportation -- Passenger traffic.
(OCoLC)fst01155119
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Added Author |
Wilson, Jeremy M., 1974-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Securing America's passenger-rail systems. Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corp., 2007 9780833041173 0833041177 (DLC) 2007048795 (OCoLC)182621570 |
| ISBN |
9780833044372 (electronic bk.) |
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0833044370 (electronic bk.) |
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9780833041173 (paperback;) (alk. paper) |
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0833041177 (paperback;) (alk. paper) |
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