Format:
1 online resource (375 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781439845769
,
9781439845790
Content:
Providing transportation managers with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to effectively manage the security of transportation assets, this volume discusses the integrated nature of the nation's critical infrastructure and the threats to transportation in each surface mode. The authors explore federal agencies working in emergency management and transportation security and their intelligence and response requirements and capabilities. They also presents cost-beneficial security strategies aimed at preventing catastrophic failures in each transportation mode and supply effective methods for organizing, testing, and evaluating transportation security across modes and professions
Note:
Front Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- About the Authors -- Chapter 1 - Security Theory and Practice -- Chapter 2 - Emergency Management Theory and Practice -- Chapter 3 - Federal Agencies and Structures: Surface Transportation Security -- Chapter 4 - Layers of Security -- Chapter 5 - Road Transportation-Cars and Trucks -- Chapter 6 - Road-Based Busses, Livery, Paratransit, Ambulances, and Delivery Vehicles -- Chapter 7 - Mass Transit on Fixed Rails and Guideways -- Chapter 8 - Freight and Long-Distance Passenger Heavy Rail -- Chapter 9 - Maritime Transportation -- Chapter 10 - Air Cargo Operations Security -- Chapter 11 - Transportation Security, Supply Chain, and Critical Infrastructure -- Glossary -- Acronyms -- Back Cover
Additional Edition:
Print version Edwards, Frances L. Introduction to Transportation Security Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group,c2012 ISBN 9781439845769
Language:
English
Keywords:
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URL:
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