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Title Securing America's passenger-rail systems / Jeremy M. Wilson [and others]
Published Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corp., 2007

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 122 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-122)
Notes 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
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Subject Railroads -- United States -- Passenger traffic
Transportation -- United States -- Passenger traffic
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Law Enforcement.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Terrorism.
Railroads -- Passenger traffic
Transportation -- Passenger traffic
United States
Form Electronic book
Author Wilson, Jeremy M., 1974-
ISBN 9780833044372
0833044370
1281430250
9781281430250
9786611430252
6611430253