1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910462320303321

Autore

Kerns Virginia <1948->

Titolo

Scenes from the high desert [[electronic resource] ] : Julian Steward's life and theory / / Virginia Kerns

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, c2003

ISBN

1-283-58358-5

9786613896032

0-252-09160-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (449 p.)

Disciplina

301/.092

B

Soggetti

Anthropologists - United States

Archaeologists - United States

Indians of North America - West (U.S.) - Social life and customs

Electronic books.

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 (p. [385]-405) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""1. An Eastern Childhood""; ""2. West to Deep Springs""; ""3. University years, East and West""; ""4. Berkeley and Beyond""; ""5. From Far West to Midwest""; ""photosec1""; ""6. The Utah Years""; ""7. Southwestern Sights""; ""8. Return to the High Desert""; ""9. Washington Ways and Means""; ""photosec2""; ""10. East of Everything""; ""11. At Home on the Prairie""; ""12. Notes from the Ninetieth Meridian""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""References Cited""; ""Index""



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910830341703321

Autore

Sullivant John

Titolo

Strategies for protecting national critical infrastructure assets [[electronic resource] ] : a focus on problem-solving / / John Sullivant

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley-Interscience, c2007

ISBN

1-281-03221-2

9786611032210

1-61344-910-0

0-470-22837-7

0-470-22836-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (646 p.)

Disciplina

005.80973

332/.0971

Soggetti

Infrastructure (Economics) - Security measures - United States

Infrastructure (Economics) - Risk assessment - United States

Terrorism - United States - Prevention

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Environments that influence the security assessment : threats, western values, and the national critical infrastructure sectors -- The security assessment : what, why, and when -- A proven security assessment methodology -- Task 1: Project strategic planning : understanding service requirements -- Task 1: Critical assessment : understanding the service environment -- Task 3: Identify and characterize : threats to the service environment -- Task 4: Evaluate program effectiveness -- Task 5: Program analyses -- Reporting security assessment results -- The water sector -- The energy sector -- The transportation sector -- The chemical and hazardous materials sector -- The agriculture and food sector -- The banking and finance sector -- The telecommunications sector --

Sommario/riassunto

Strategies for Protecting National Critical Infrastructure Assets eases the research burden, develops investigative protocols, and pulls together data into a comprehensive and practical guide, to help the serious reader understand advanced concepts and techniques of risk



assessment with an emphasis on meeting the security needs of the critical national infrastructure. The text is divided into five major sections, which are further broken down by individual chapters, each addressing one element of risk assessment as well as focusing attention on applying the risk assessment methodology t