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| Titolo: |
Estimating terrorism risk / / Henry H. Willis ... [et al.]
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| Pubblicazione: | Santa Monica, CA, : RAND, 2005 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (93 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 363.32 |
| Soggetto topico: | Terrorism - United States - Prevention |
| Terrorism - Risk assessment - United States | |
| Federal aid to terrorism prevention - United States - Planning | |
| Altri autori: |
WillisHenry H
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| Note generali: | "MG-388-RC"--P. [4] of cover. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 63-66). |
| Nota di contenuto: | The RAND Center for Terrorism Risk Management Policy; Center for Terrorism Risk Management AdvisoryBoard; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Glossary; CHAPTER ONE- Introduction; Risk Assessment Versus Resource Allocation; Scope and Limitations; Overview of This Monograph; CHAPTER TWO- Terrorism Risk and Its Components; Threat; Vulnerability; Consequences; Risk as a Function of Threat, Vulnerability, andConsequences; CHAPTER THREE- Accounting for Uncertainty and Values in Terrorism Risk Assessment |
| Uncertainties in the Estimation of Threat, Vulnerability,and ConsequencesReflecting Values in Terrorism Risk Management; Implications of Uncertainty and Values for Managing Terrorism Risk; CHAPTER FOUR- Two Approaches to Estimating Terrorism Risk in Urban Areas; Simple Risk Indicators: Population-Based Metrics; Event-Based Models: The RMS Terrorism Risk Model; Comparison of Population, Density-Weighted Population,and the Aggregated Estimate of Urban Area Risk Shares; CHAPTER FIVE- Evaluating the Performance of Different Estimates of Terrorism Risk; The Performance of Terrorism Risk Estimates | |
| CHAPTER SIX- Conclusions and RecommendationsDefining Terrorism Risk; Reflecting Uncertainty in Terrorism Risk Assessment; Simple Versus Event-Based Risk Estimates; Recommendations; APPENDIX- Supporting Figures and Table; Bibliography | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This monograph provides a practical definition of terrorism risk, presents a method of estimating it, and demonstrates a framework for evaluating this method. Results support conclusions on how to improve risk-based resource allocation. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Estimating terrorism risk |
| ISBN: | 0-8330-4093-6 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910219961803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Rand Corporation monograph series.