Countering terrorism : biological agents, transportation networks, and energy systems : summary of a U.S.-Russian workshop /

Countering terrorism : biological agents, transportation networks, and energy systems : summary of a U.S.-Russian workshop /

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Imprint:Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2009.
Description:1 online resource (xiii, 230 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps
Language:English
Subject:
Terrorism -- United States -- Prevention -- Congresses.
Terrorism -- Russia (Federation) -- Prevention -- Congresses.
Bioterrorism -- Prevention -- Congresses.
Transportation -- Security measures -- Congresses.
Nuclear terrorism -- United States -- Prevention -- Congresses.
Bioterrorism -- Prevention.
Nuclear terrorism -- Prevention.
Terrorism -- Prevention.
Transportation -- Security measures.
Russia (Federation)
United States.
Electronic books.
Computer network resources.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11202830
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Other authors / contributors:Schweitzer, Glenn E., 1930-
National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Counterterrorism Challenges for Russia and the United States.
National Research Council (U.S.). Office for Central Europe and Eurasia.
National Research Council (U.S.). Development, Security, and Cooperation.
National Research Council (U.S.). Policy and Global Affairs.
ISBN:9780309127080
0309127084
9780309127073
0309127076
9786612083594
661208359X
1282083597
9781282083592
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Other form:Print version: Countering terrorism. Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2009 9780309127073 0309127076
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Summaries
  • 1 U.S.-Russian Working Group on Bioterrorism
  • 2 U.S.-Russian Working Group on Transportation System Vulnerabilities
  • 3 U.S.-Russian Working Group on Energy System Vulnerabilities
  • Selected Papers
  • 4 Tendencies in Global Terrorism
  • 5 Use of Predictive Modeling Packages for Effective Emergency Management
  • 6 Organizational Measures and Decision Support Systems for Preventing and Responding to Terrorist Acts at Potentially Hazardous Facilities, on Transportation Systems, and in Locations Where Large Numbers of People Congregate
  • 7 Characteristics of Technological Terrorism Scenarios and Impact Factors8 Activities of the Russian Federal Medical-Biological Agency Related to Radiation, Chemical, and Biological Security
  • 9 Disease Surveillance and International Biosecurity
  • 10 Emerging Viral Infections in the Asian Part of Russia
  • 11 A Note on the Interfacial Vulnerabilities of Transportation Systems
  • 12 Transportation Planning for Evacuations
  • 13 International and National Priorities in Combating Terrorism in the Transportation Sector
  • 14 Managing the Radius of Risk
  • 15 The Problem of Oil and Natural Gas Pipeline Security16 U.S.-Russian Collaboration in Combating Radiological Terrorism
  • 17 IAEA Activities in Preventing Radiological and Nuclear Terrorism
  • 18 Electromagnetic Terrorism: Threat to the Security of the State Infrastructure
  • 19 The Phenomenon of Suicide Bombings in Israel: Lessons Learned
  • 20 Raman Spectroscopic Detection of Chemical, Biological, and Explosive Agents
  • 21 The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate
  • Appendix A: Agenda

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