{"product_id":"securing-transportation-systems-isbn-9781118977934","title":"Securing Transportation Systems","description":"Addresses a variety of challenges and solutions within the transportation security sphere in order to protect our transportation systems\u003cbr\u003e• Provides innovative solutions to improved communication and creating joint operations centers to manage response to threats\u003cbr\u003e• Details technological measures to protect our transportation infrastructure, and explains their feasibility and economic costs\u003cbr\u003e• Discusses changes in travel behavior as a response to terrorism and natural disaster\u003cbr\u003e• Explains the role of transportation systems in supporting response operations in large disasters\u003cbr\u003e• Written with a worldwide scope \u003cp\u003eContributors List ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForeword xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Introduction 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGila Albert, Erwin A. Blackstone, Simon Hakim, and Yoram Shiftan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection I Motivation and Challenges 23\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Terrorist Targeting of Public Transportation: Ideology and Tactics 25\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShmuel Bar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 On the Rationality and Optimality of Transportation Networks Defense: A Network Centrality Approach 35\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eYaniv Altshuler, Rami Puzis, Yuval Elovici, Shlomo Bekhor, and Alex (Sandy) Pentland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Adaptive Resilience and Critical Infrastructure Security: Emergent Challenges for Transportation and Cyberphysical Infrastructure 65\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCorri Zoli and Laura J. Steinberg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Travelers’ Perceptions of Security for Long‐Distance Travel: An Exploratory Italian Study 91\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEva Valeri, Amanda Stathopoulos, and Edoardo Marcucci\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Securing Transportation Systems from Radiological Threats 109\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEric P. Rubenstein, Gordon A. Drukier, and Peter Zimmerman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Protecting Transportation Infrastructure against Radiological Threat 129\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIlan Yaar, Itzhak Halevy, Zvi Berenstein, and Avi Sharon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection II Security Consideration for Modes of Transportation 149\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Securing Public Transit Systems 151\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMartin Wachs, Camille N.Y. Fink, Anastasia Loukaitou‐Sideris, and Brian D. Taylor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Railroad Infrastructure: Protecting an Increasingly Vulnerable Asset 177\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJeremy F. Plant and Richard R. Young\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Freight Railroad Security: A Case Study of Post‐9\/11 Effectiveness 189\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRoland D. Pandolfi, Jr.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Cost‐Effective Airport Security Policy 205\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobert W. Poole, Jr.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Seaport Operations and Security 233\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWillard Price and Ali Hashemi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Pathologies of Privatization in the Transportation Worker Identification Credential Program 257\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBenjamin Inman and John C. Morris\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Traveler’s Security Perceptions and Port Choices 271\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmalia Polydoropoulou and Athena Tsirimpa\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Pipeline Security 281\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLuca Talarico, Kenneth Sörensen, Genserik Reniers, and Johan Springael\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection III The Role of Transportation in Evacuation 313\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Evacuation from Disaster Zones: Lessons from recent disasters in Australia and Japan 315\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaniel Baldwin Hess and Christina M. Farrell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Evacuation Planning and Preparedness in the Aftermath of Katrina, Rita, Irene, and Sandy: Lessons Learned 345\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid S. Heller\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Rural Evacuation and Public Transportation 363\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJaydeep Chaudhari, Zhirui Ye, and Dhrumil Patel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 377\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSIMON HAKIM\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of economics and the director of the Center for Competitive Government at Temple University in Philadelphia. His special research and consulting areas are privatization of government services, security, and economics of crime. He earned an M.A in City \u0026amp; Regional Planning from the Technion in Haifa, Israel, MA and Ph.D in Regional Science from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGILA ALBERT\u003c\/b\u003e is Senior Researcher in Or Yarok Association for Safer Driving in Israel and a faculty at HIT-Holon Institute of Technology, Faculty of Management of Technology, Israel. She has a Ph.D. in Transportation Sciences from the Technion, Israel. Dr. Albert collaborates on projects funded by the European Commission, Transportation Research Institute at the Technion, National Road Safety Authority, and the Israeli Ministry of Transport. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYORAM SHIFTAN\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering in the Technion, Israel. He is the Editor of Transport Policy and the Chair of the International Association of Travel Behavior Research (IATBR). Prof. Shiftan received his Ph.D. from MIT and since then has published dozens of papers and coedited the books Transportation Planning in the series of Classics in Planning and Transition towards Sustainable Mobility: The Role of Instruments, Individuals and Institutions.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAddresses problems and offers solutions in securing transportation systems, improves efficiency and provides market orientation that yield technological and managerial innovations\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTransportation systems are essential for economic vitality, growth, and well-being of any region. These systems are vulnerable to both terrorist attacks and natural disasters that could lead to immediate and long-term catastrophic consequences. \u003ci\u003e Securing Transportation Systems\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on what the weaknesses are and how to protect airports, water ports, highways, tunnels, bridges, rail and mass transit. A major effort is made to explain why government should not carry the major responsibility of securing transportation systems, how to shed non-public responsibilities and contract out others. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe invited chapters are categorized into three sections. The first section explains religious motivation for terrorist attacks against mass transit, describing radiological, cyber, and nuclear threats and presents prevention challenges. The second section describes and evaluates the security of the various modes of transportation. The final section deals with evacuation problems and solutions when disasters occur. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlanning for prevention, response, and recovery of transportation infrastructures are a major consideration of policy makers and professionals in homeland security. \u003ci\u003eSecuring Transportation Systems\u003c\/i\u003e is a valuable resource for them.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989998125285,"sku":"NP9781118977934","price":111.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781118977934.jpg?v=1761786157","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/securing-transportation-systems-isbn-9781118977934","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}