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UNINA9910454036903321 |
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Protracted refugee situations [[electronic resource] ] : political, human rights and security implications / / edited by Gil Loescher ... [et al.] |
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Tokyo ; ; New York, : United Nations University Press, c2008 |
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1 online resource (421 p.) |
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Refugees |
Refugees - Civil rights |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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""Contents""; ""Tables and figures""; ""Contributors""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Part I Themes and challenges""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Understanding the problem of protracted refugee situations""; ""3 Asylum trends in industrialized countries and their impact on protracted refugee situations""; ""4 Protracted refugee situations, conflict and security: The need for better diagnosis and prescription""; ""5 Protracted refugee situations, human rights and civil society""; ""6 Development actors and protracted refugee situations: Progress, challenges, opportunities"" |
""7 A surrogate state? The role of UNHCR in protracted refugee situations""""8 A realistic, segmented and reinvigorated UNHCR approach to resolving protracted refugee situations""; ""9 Historical lessons for overcoming protracted refugee situations""; ""Part II Case studies""; ""10 Palestinian refugees""; ""11 Somali refugees: Protracted exile and shifting security frontiers""; ""12 Sudanese refugees in Uganda and Kenya""; ""13 Bhutanese refugees in Nepal""; ""14 Burmese refugees in South and Southeast Asia: A comparative regional analysis""; ""15 Afghan refugees in Iran and Pakistan"" |
""Part III Policy conclusions and recommendations""""16 A framework for responding to protracted refugee situations""; ""17 Resolving protracted refugee situations: Conclusion and policy implications""; ""Index"" |
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UNICASMIL0269609 |
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Leick, Alfred |
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GPS satellite surveying / Alfred Leick |
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New York, : Wiley, \1995! |
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[2. ed] |
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UNINA9910220135503321 |
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Mapping the risks : assessing homeland security implications of publicly available geospatial information / / John C. Baker ... [et al] |
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Santa Monica, CA, : Rand Corporation, 2004 |
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9786613909756 |
9781283597302 |
1283597306 |
9780833036223 |
083303622X |
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[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (236 p.) |
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Civil defense - United States |
Geographic information systems - Defense measures - United States |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Cover; Preface; Sponsor Guidance; The RAND Corporation Quality Assurance Process; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; CHAPTER ONE Introduction; Assessing the Homeland Security Implication of Geospatial Information; Public Access to Geospatial Information; Research Objectives; Research Methodology; Need for an Analytical Framework; How the Report Is Organized; CHAPTER TWO What Are the Attackers' Key Information Needs?; Methodology; Defining the Threat Space; The Attacker: Motivations, Strategies, and Modalities of Attack |
The Attacker's Tool Box: Types of Weapons Considered A General Model of Attacker Information Needs; Attackers Have Substantial Flexibility in Fulfilling Their Information Needs; Summary; CHAPTER THREE What Publicly Available Geospatial Information Is Significant to Potential Attackers' Needs?; Federal Geospatial Information in the Public Domain; Structured Survey Used to Identify Federal Geospatial Data Sources; Availability of Nonfederal Geospatial Information; Assessing Whether Sources Contain Potentially Critical Site Information; Assessing the Potential Significance of This Information |
Case Studies Comparing Federal and Nonfederal Sources of Geospatial Information Other Observations About Publicly Accessible Federal Geospatial Information; Summary; CHAPTER FOUR An Analytical Framework for Assessing the Homeland Security Implications of Publicly Accessible Geospatial Information; Framework for Analysis: An Overview; Framework for Analysis: Three Analytical Filters; Illustrating the Framework; Considerations in Restricting Public Access to Sensitive Data; Long-Term Need for a More Comprehensive Model; Summary; CHAPTER FIVE Key Findings and Recommendations; Key Findings |
Broader Implications General Recommendations; Agency-Specific Recommendations; APPENDIX A Federal Agencies Examined; APPENDIX B Federal Geospatial Data Sources Identified; APPENDIX C Detailed Examples of Geospatial Information Analyses; APPENDIX D Overview of Critical U.S. Sites: Critical Infrastructure and Other Key Homeland Locations; Bibliography |
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Following the attacks of September 11, 2001, many agencies within the federal government began restricting some of their publicly available geospatial data and information from such sources as the World Wide Web. As time passes, however, decisionmakers have begun to ask whether and how such information specifically helps potential attackers, including terrorists, to select U.S. homeland sites and prepare for better attacks. The research detailed in this book aims to assist decisionmakers tasked with the responsibility of choosing which geospatial information to make available and which to rest |
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