Title Countering terrorism : biological agents, transportation networks, and energy systems : summary of a U.S.-Russian workshop / Glenn E. Schweitzer, rapporteur ; Committee on Counterterrorism Challenges for Russia and the United States ; Office for Central Europe and Eurasia ; Development, Security, and Cooperation ; Policy and Global Affairs

Published Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 230 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Terrorism -- United States -- Prevention -- Congresses Terrorism -- Russia (Federation) -- Prevention -- Congresses Bioterrorism -- Prevention -- Congresses Transportation -- Security measures -- Congresses Nuclear terrorism -- United States -- Prevention -- Congresses POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Terrorism. Bioterrorism -- Prevention Nuclear terrorism -- Prevention Terrorism -- Prevention Transportation -- Security measures Russia (Federation) United States Genre/Form Computer network resources proceedings (reports) Conference papers and proceedings Conference papers and proceedings. Actes de congrès. Form Electronic book Author 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 9786612083594 661208359X 1282083597 9781282083592 9780309177351 0309177359

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