The deadly life of logistics : mapping the violence of global trade / / Deborah Cowen |
Autore | Cowen Deborah |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Minneapolis, Minnesota : , : University of Minnesota Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (300 p.) |
Disciplina | 388/.044 |
Soggetto topico |
Transportation corridors - Political aspects
Business logistics - Political aspects Trade routes - Security measures Freight and freightage - Security measures Cargo theft |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-4529-4318-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction: The Citizenship of Stuff in the Global Social Factory; 1 The Revolution in Logistics: "America's Last Dark Continent"; 2 From National Borders to Global Seams: The Rise of Supply Chain Security; 3 The Labor of Logistics: Just-in-Time Jobs; 4 The Geo-Economics of Piracy: The "Somali Pirate" and the Remaking of International Law; 5 Logistics Cities: The "Urban Heart" of Empire; Conclusion: Rough Trade? Sex, Death, and the Queer Nature of Circulation; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S
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Record Nr. | UNINA-9910465577703321 |
Cowen Deborah | ||
Minneapolis, Minnesota : , : University of Minnesota Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The deadly life of logistics : mapping the violence of global trade / / Deborah Cowen |
Autore | Cowen Deborah |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Minneapolis, Minnesota : , : University of Minnesota Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (300 p.) |
Disciplina | 388/.044 |
Soggetto topico |
Transportation corridors - Political aspects
Business logistics - Political aspects Trade routes - Security measures Freight and freightage - Security measures Cargo theft |
ISBN | 1-4529-4318-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction: The Citizenship of Stuff in the Global Social Factory; 1 The Revolution in Logistics: "America's Last Dark Continent"; 2 From National Borders to Global Seams: The Rise of Supply Chain Security; 3 The Labor of Logistics: Just-in-Time Jobs; 4 The Geo-Economics of Piracy: The "Somali Pirate" and the Remaking of International Law; 5 Logistics Cities: The "Urban Heart" of Empire; Conclusion: Rough Trade? Sex, Death, and the Queer Nature of Circulation; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S
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Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786894903321 |
Cowen Deborah | ||
Minneapolis, Minnesota : , : University of Minnesota Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The deadly life of logistics : mapping the violence of global trade / / Deborah Cowen |
Autore | Cowen Deborah |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Minneapolis, Minnesota : , : University of Minnesota Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (300 p.) |
Disciplina | 388/.044 |
Soggetto topico |
Transportation corridors - Political aspects
Business logistics - Political aspects Trade routes - Security measures Freight and freightage - Security measures Cargo theft |
ISBN | 1-4529-4318-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction: The Citizenship of Stuff in the Global Social Factory; 1 The Revolution in Logistics: "America's Last Dark Continent"; 2 From National Borders to Global Seams: The Rise of Supply Chain Security; 3 The Labor of Logistics: Just-in-Time Jobs; 4 The Geo-Economics of Piracy: The "Somali Pirate" and the Remaking of International Law; 5 Logistics Cities: The "Urban Heart" of Empire; Conclusion: Rough Trade? Sex, Death, and the Queer Nature of Circulation; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S
TU; V; W |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821864703321 |
Cowen Deborah | ||
Minneapolis, Minnesota : , : University of Minnesota Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Securing transportation systems / / edited by Simon Hakim, Gila Albert, Yoram Shiftan |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (409 p.) |
Disciplina | 363.28/7 |
Soggetto topico |
Transportation - Security measures
Transportation - Safety measures Transportation - Effect of terrorism on Terrorism - Prevention Freight and freightage - Security measures |
ISBN |
1-78684-888-0
1-119-07823-7 1-119-07820-2 1-119-07824-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; ContributorS List; Foreword; Preface; Chapter 1 Introduction; 1.1 OVERVIEW; 1.2 MAJOR TERRORIST ATTACKS TARGETING TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS; 1.3 THE ROLE OF TRANSPORTATION IN EVACUATION; 1.4 MARKET FAILURE LEADING TO A NEW MODEL OF PPP; 1.5 SECURITY STRATEGY; 1.6 BOOK STRUCTURE AND CHAPTERS; 1.7 CONCLUSION: RESOURCE ALLOCATION AND POLICY IMPLICATION; REFERENCES; Section I Motivation and Challenges; Chapter 2 Terrorist Targeting of Public Transportation: Ideology and Tactics; 2.1 BACKGROUND; 2.2 THE HISTORY OF TERRORIST-MOTIVATED HIJACKING
2.3 ISLAMIC JUSTIFICATION FOR ATTACKS ON MASS TRANSPORTATION2.4 CONCLUSION; REFERENCE; FURTHER READING; Chapter 3 On the Rationality and Optimality of Transportation Networks Defense: A Network Centrality Approach; 3.1 INTRODUCTION; 3.2 RELATED WORK; 3.3 TRANSPORTATION NETWORK DATASET; 3.4 BC VERSUS TRAFFIC FLOW; 3.5 OPTIMIZING THE LOCATIONS OF SURVEILLANCE AND MONITORING STATIONS; 3.6 APPLICATIONS AND CONSIDERATIONS FOR POLICY-MAKERS; 3.7 CASE STUDY: ATTACK SCENARIOS IN THE ISRAELI NETWORK; 3.8 CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES Chapter 4 Adaptive Resilience and Critical Infrastructure Security: Emergent Challenges for Transportation and Cyberphysical Infrastructure4.1 INTRODUCTION: ADAPTIVE RESILIENCE; 4.2 TRANSPORTATION SECTOR SECURITY; 4.3 EMERGENT THREATS AND COMPLEX CHALLENGES FOR TRANSPORTATION; 4.4 CONCLUSION: TRANSPORTATION SECURITY AT A CROSSROADS; REFERENCES; Chapter 5 Travelers' Perceptions of Security for Long-Distance Travel: An Exploratory Italian Study; 5.1 INTRODUCTION; 5.2 LITERATURE REVIEW; 5.3 METHODOLOGY; 5.4 THE ITALIAN CASE STUDY; 5.5 CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENT; REFERENCES Chapter 6 Securing Transportation Systems from Radiological Threats6.1 THE THREAT; 6.2 RADIATION SOURCES AND THEIR DETECTION; 6.3 RADIATION THREAT SCENARIOS; 6.4 POLICY AND INTELLIGENCE; 6.5 TECHNOLOGY AND ASSOCIATED CONOPS; 6.6 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; Chapter 7 Protecting Transportation Infrastructure against Radiological Threat; 7.1 INTRODUCTION; 7.2 EXPERIMENTAL SETUP AND RESULTS; 7.3 DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS; 7.4 SUMMARY; REFERENCES; Section II Security Consideration for Modes of Transportation; Chapter 8 Securing Public Transit Systems 8.1 INTRODUCTION: THE CHALLENGE OF TRANSIT SECURITY8.2 TYPOLOGY OF TRANSIT TERRORISM; 8.3 INCIDENCE OF TRANSIT TERRORISM; 8.4 SECURING TRANSIT FROM TERRORISM; 8.5 COMPATIBILITY OF ANTITERROR AND ANTICRIME STRATEGIES; 8.6 CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENT; REFERENCES; Chapter 9 Railroad Infrastructure: Protecting an Increasingly Vulnerable Asset; 9.1 INTRODUCTION; 9.2 RAIL VULNERABILITIES AND THREATS; 9.3 SECURING RAIL OPERATIONS; 9.4 STEPS TO ENHANCE SECURITY; 9.5 CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; Chapter 10 Freight Railroad Security: A Case Study of Post-9/11 Effectiveness; 10.1 INTRODUCTION 10.2 RESEARCH METHOD |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910131258603321 |
Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley, , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Securing transportation systems / / edited by Simon Hakim, Gila Albert, Yoram Shiftan |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (409 p.) |
Disciplina | 363.28/7 |
Soggetto topico |
Transportation - Security measures
Transportation - Safety measures Transportation - Effect of terrorism on Terrorism - Prevention Freight and freightage - Security measures |
ISBN |
1-78684-888-0
1-119-07823-7 1-119-07820-2 1-119-07824-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; ContributorS List; Foreword; Preface; Chapter 1 Introduction; 1.1 OVERVIEW; 1.2 MAJOR TERRORIST ATTACKS TARGETING TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS; 1.3 THE ROLE OF TRANSPORTATION IN EVACUATION; 1.4 MARKET FAILURE LEADING TO A NEW MODEL OF PPP; 1.5 SECURITY STRATEGY; 1.6 BOOK STRUCTURE AND CHAPTERS; 1.7 CONCLUSION: RESOURCE ALLOCATION AND POLICY IMPLICATION; REFERENCES; Section I Motivation and Challenges; Chapter 2 Terrorist Targeting of Public Transportation: Ideology and Tactics; 2.1 BACKGROUND; 2.2 THE HISTORY OF TERRORIST-MOTIVATED HIJACKING
2.3 ISLAMIC JUSTIFICATION FOR ATTACKS ON MASS TRANSPORTATION2.4 CONCLUSION; REFERENCE; FURTHER READING; Chapter 3 On the Rationality and Optimality of Transportation Networks Defense: A Network Centrality Approach; 3.1 INTRODUCTION; 3.2 RELATED WORK; 3.3 TRANSPORTATION NETWORK DATASET; 3.4 BC VERSUS TRAFFIC FLOW; 3.5 OPTIMIZING THE LOCATIONS OF SURVEILLANCE AND MONITORING STATIONS; 3.6 APPLICATIONS AND CONSIDERATIONS FOR POLICY-MAKERS; 3.7 CASE STUDY: ATTACK SCENARIOS IN THE ISRAELI NETWORK; 3.8 CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES Chapter 4 Adaptive Resilience and Critical Infrastructure Security: Emergent Challenges for Transportation and Cyberphysical Infrastructure4.1 INTRODUCTION: ADAPTIVE RESILIENCE; 4.2 TRANSPORTATION SECTOR SECURITY; 4.3 EMERGENT THREATS AND COMPLEX CHALLENGES FOR TRANSPORTATION; 4.4 CONCLUSION: TRANSPORTATION SECURITY AT A CROSSROADS; REFERENCES; Chapter 5 Travelers' Perceptions of Security for Long-Distance Travel: An Exploratory Italian Study; 5.1 INTRODUCTION; 5.2 LITERATURE REVIEW; 5.3 METHODOLOGY; 5.4 THE ITALIAN CASE STUDY; 5.5 CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENT; REFERENCES Chapter 6 Securing Transportation Systems from Radiological Threats6.1 THE THREAT; 6.2 RADIATION SOURCES AND THEIR DETECTION; 6.3 RADIATION THREAT SCENARIOS; 6.4 POLICY AND INTELLIGENCE; 6.5 TECHNOLOGY AND ASSOCIATED CONOPS; 6.6 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; Chapter 7 Protecting Transportation Infrastructure against Radiological Threat; 7.1 INTRODUCTION; 7.2 EXPERIMENTAL SETUP AND RESULTS; 7.3 DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS; 7.4 SUMMARY; REFERENCES; Section II Security Consideration for Modes of Transportation; Chapter 8 Securing Public Transit Systems 8.1 INTRODUCTION: THE CHALLENGE OF TRANSIT SECURITY8.2 TYPOLOGY OF TRANSIT TERRORISM; 8.3 INCIDENCE OF TRANSIT TERRORISM; 8.4 SECURING TRANSIT FROM TERRORISM; 8.5 COMPATIBILITY OF ANTITERROR AND ANTICRIME STRATEGIES; 8.6 CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENT; REFERENCES; Chapter 9 Railroad Infrastructure: Protecting an Increasingly Vulnerable Asset; 9.1 INTRODUCTION; 9.2 RAIL VULNERABILITIES AND THREATS; 9.3 SECURING RAIL OPERATIONS; 9.4 STEPS TO ENHANCE SECURITY; 9.5 CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; Chapter 10 Freight Railroad Security: A Case Study of Post-9/11 Effectiveness; 10.1 INTRODUCTION 10.2 RESEARCH METHOD |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819386403321 |
Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley, , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Supply chain security : cargo container and federal information technology procurement risks / / Marten Laurits, editor |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, [New York] : , : Novinka, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (90 pages) |
Disciplina | 658.7 |
Collana | American Political, Economic, and Security Issues |
Soggetto topico |
Business logistics
Freight and freightage - Security measures Shipping - Security measures |
ISBN | 1-62808-231-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Supply chain security: CBP needs to conduct regular assessments of its cargo targeting system / United States Government Accountability Office -- IT supply chain: national security -- related agencies need to better address risks / United States Government Accountability Office. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910136563603321 |
New York, [New York] : , : Novinka, , 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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