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Protection of Civilian Infrastructure from Acts of Terrorism

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 2006

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Editors:
  1. Konstantin V. Frolov

    1. Institute of Machine Sciences, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

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  2. Gregory B. Baecher

    1. University of Maryland, MD, U.S.A.

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  • Risk-informed, systems approach to assessing the vulnerability of civil infrastructure
  • Explicit attention to the interacting and interdependent nature of infrastructure
  • Multi-sector approach across energy, transportation, water supply and other systems
  • Applies lessons from natural hazards research to the protection of infrastructure against human threats
  • Integrates European, Russian, and American engineering perspectives
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Nato Security through Science Series C: (NASTC)

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Table of contents (16 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XV
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  2. INTRODUCTION

    1. Front Matter

      Pages I-XV
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    2. OPENING ADDRESS

      • Academician Konstantin Frolov
      Pages 3-4

  3. SETTING THE SCENE AND CHARACTERIZING THE THREAT

    1. Front Matter

      Pages I-XV
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    2. RISK MANAGEMENT IN NATURAL AND SOCIETAL SYSTEMS

      • Rasim Akhmetkhanov
      Pages 7-20

    3. VULNERABILITY ESTIMATION OF HIGH-RISE STRUCTURES IN CASE OF NON-REGULAR DYNAMIC ACTIONS BY METHODS OF STATISTICAL SIMULATION

      • Valentin T. Alymov, Oleg V. Trifonov
      Pages 21-31

    4. SETTING THE STAGE: THE VULNERABILITY OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURES

      • Torbjörn Thedéen
      Pages 33-40

    5. THE RISK IMPOSED BY FIRE TO BUILDINGS AND HOW TO ADDRESS IT

      • José L. Torero
      Pages 41-57

    6. ANALYSIS OF TECHNOGENIC RISKS UNDER TERRORIST IMPACTS

      • Nikolay Makhutov
      Pages 59-69

  4. VULNERABILITY, RISK ANALYSIS, AND RISK ASSESSMENT

    1. Front Matter

      Pages I-XV
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    2. PETROLEUM SUPPLY VULNERABILITY DUE TO TERRORISM AT NORTH SEA OIL AND GAS INFRASTRUCTURES

      • Magne Tørhaug
      Pages 73-84

    3. LESSONS FROM SAFETY ASSESSMENT, NATURAL DISASTERS AND OTHER HAZARDS

      • James McQuaid
      Pages 85-102

    4. LARGE DAMS AND THE TERRORIST THREAT

      • Ramond A. Stewart
      Pages 103-124

    5. DECONTAMINATION IN THE EVENT OF A CHEMICAL OR RADIOLOGICAL TERRORIST ATTACK

      • Konstantin Volchek, Merv Fingas, Monica Hornof, Louise Boudreau, Norman Yanofsky
      Pages 125-145

  5. MITIGATION AND RESPONSE

    1. Front Matter

      Pages I-XV
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    2. MITIGATING WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM VULNERABILITIES

      • Gregory B. Baecher
      Pages 149-157

    3. NUCLEAR TERRORISM AND INSURANCE LIABILITY

      • Oleg M. Kovalevich, Sergey D. Gavrilov
      Pages 159-167

    4. CAPITAL WIRELESS INTEGRATED NETWORK

      • Haghani Ali, Saini Yang, Thomas H. Jacobs
      Pages 169-192

    5. EMERGENCY SERVICES IN HOMELAND SECURITY

      • Frederick Krimgold, Keith Critchlow, Natasha Udu-gama
      Pages 193-229

    6. COMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY

      • Michael J. Casey
      Pages 231-246
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1 2 Konstantine V. Frolov and Gregory B. Baecher 1 2 Director of the Institute for Machine Sciences, RAS; and University of Maryland The objective of the Workshop on Protection of Civilian Infrastructure From Acts of Terrorism was to lay the foundation for a risk-informed - proach to modeling, analyzing, predicting, managing, and controlling mul- sector Infrastructure networks in the face of human threats and errors. The goal was to combine the insights of a spectrum of disciplines across en- neering, public policy, planning, and economics. The workshop addressed the need to develop an understanding for s- tems behaviors and vulnerabilities of interacting networks; create a ri- informed analysis capability for modeling and predicting the behavior of complex networks; apply emerging technology to the problems of desi- ing, constructing, monitoring, and operating critical infrastructure; and build an understanding of the social, economic, and environmental factors that affect, and are affected by, critical infrastructure. The objective was to develop an understanding of the vulnerability of critical systems to various modes of terrorist attack. The benefit of developing such understanding is that approaches can be crafted to reducing vulnerability and to containing or limiting the propagation of failure within an infrastructure system, thus limiting the impact of terrorism. This also leads to improved understanding of infrastructure systems in general, not only in the face of threats but also natural hazards. Areas of research need and capability were identified, along with opportunities for future exchange and collaboration.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Machine Sciences, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

    Konstantin V. Frolov

  • University of Maryland, MD, U.S.A.

    Gregory B. Baecher

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