Overview
- Assesses the conditions of attacks on soft targets
- Includes risk analysis procedures and experiences of soft target protection in conflict areas
- Provides research results in the field of blast protection
Part of the book series: NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security (NAPSC)
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Table of contents (31 papers)
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Front Matter
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About this book
This proceedings volume includes articles presented during the Advanced Research Workshop on Soft Target Protection.
The book presents important topics related to the protection of vulnerable objects and spaces, called Soft Targets. The chapters published in this book are thematically assigned to the blocks as follows: Theoretical aspect of soft target protection; Blast resistance of soft targets; Counter terrorism; Technical and technological solutions for soft target protection; Scheme and organizational measures; Blast protection and Forces for soft target protection.
In this book, the reader will find a wealth of information about the theoretical background for designing protection of soft targets, as well as the specifics of protecting objects in armed conflict areas. New methods and procedures applicable to the soft target protection are described.Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Ladislav Hofreiter, professor in the field of National and International Security. His work is focused on tasks of security science and security management theory. He worked at the Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Krakow Academy (Poland) and at the Faculty of Security Engineering of the University of Žilina (Slovakia). He is a member of Scientific Council European Association of Security and a member of the Commission for Assessing the Qualifications of Security Specialists, EAS.
Viacheslav BEREZUTSKYI, Sc.D., Professor, head of Department of Labour and Environment Protection, National Technical University "Kharkov Polytechnic Institute". He is a member of the Commission of the Ministry of Education of Civil Protection, Ukraine; Deputy Chairman of Scientific Council European Association for Security; Head of the Commission for Assessing the Qualifications of Security Specialists EAS.
Lucia Figuli, Ph.D. is a Deputy head of Department of Technical Sciences and Informatics of Faculty of Security Engineering at University of Žilina (Slovakia). She was a member of the NATO Science for Peace and Security Programme´s Independent Scientific Evaluation Group for the period 2016 – 2018. She deals in her research activities with the protection of strucrures and people again the effect of the blast wave from the explosions.
Zuzana Zvaková, Ph.D. is a lecturer at the Department of Security Management of Faculty of Security engineering at University of Žilina (Slovakia). Her research activity is focused on the issue of the effects of an explosion of IEDs on persons and objects, parameters and propagation of blast wave and on the area of security services.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Soft Target Protection
Book Subtitle: Theoretical Basis and Practical Measures
Editors: Ladislav Hofreiter, Viacheslav Berezutskyi, Lucia Figuli, Zuzana Zvaková
Series Title: NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-1755-5
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature B.V. 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-024-1754-8Published: 04 March 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-024-1757-9Published: 26 August 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-94-024-1755-5Published: 03 March 2020
Series ISSN: 1874-6519
Series E-ISSN: 1874-6543
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 378
Number of Illustrations: 79 b/w illustrations, 128 illustrations in colour
Topics: Risk Management, Fire Science, Hazard Control, Building Safety, Crime Prevention, Terrorism