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Risk assessment and security for pipelines, tunnels, and underground rail and transit operations /

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"This volume presents an integrated quantitative risk assessment methodology systematically analyzing alternatives for protecting underground rail, oil and gas pipelines, pipeline freight transportation, and other tunnel systems from threats of terrorism and other disasters. The book analyzes e...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Doro-on, Anna Maricel, 1977- (Author)
Corporate Author: Taylor & Francis
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Boca Raton : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, [2014]
Subjects:
Pipelines > United States > Safety measures.
Pipelines > Risk assessment > United States.
Tunnels > United States > Safety measures.
Tunnels > Risk assessment > United States.
Transportation > United States > Safety measures.
Transportation > Risk assessment > United States.
Terrorism > United States > Prevention.
Emergency management > United States.
Pipelines > États-Unis > Sécurité > Mesures.
Pipelines > Évaluation du risque > États-Unis.
Tunnels > États-Unis > Sécurité > Mesures.
Tunnels > Évaluation du risque > États-Unis.
Transport > Sécurité > Mesures > États-Unis.
Transport > Évaluation du risque > États-Unis.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Management.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > International Security.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Civil > Transport.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Emergency management
Pipelines > Safety measures
Terrorism > Prevention
Transportation > Safety measures
Tunnels > Safety measures
United States
Electronic books.
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Description
Summary:"This volume presents an integrated quantitative risk assessment methodology systematically analyzing alternatives for protecting underground rail, oil and gas pipelines, pipeline freight transportation, and other tunnel systems from threats of terrorism and other disasters. The book analyzes engineering, environmental, and economic impacts and addresses both direct and collateral damages. The book also presents regulations, standard processes, and risk assessment models recommended by the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and other governmental and state agencies"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxiv, 390 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781466569348
1466569344
9781322636900
1322636907