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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778743303321

Titolo

Improving surface transportation security [[electronic resource] ] : a research and development strategy / / Committee on R&D Strategies to Improve Surface Transportation Security ... [et al.], National Research Council

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, c1999

ISBN

0-309-17263-2

0-309-51429-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (95 p.)

Disciplina

363.12/556

Soggetti

Transportation - United States - Safety measures

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Boxes, Figures, and Tables""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Introduction and Background""; ""2 Assessing Vulnerability""; ""3 Establishing a Research and Development Strategy""; ""4 Applying the Methodology: Some Specific Research and Development Topics""; ""5 A Vision of the Future""; ""References""; ""APPENDIX A Background on Systems Theory""; ""APPENDIX B The Likely Course of Development of Chemical and Biological Attacks""; ""Biographical Sketches of Committee Members""