Resilience of Cities to Terrorist and other Threats Learning from 9/11 and further Research Issues /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Pasman, Hans J. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Kirillov, Igor A. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2008.
• Σειρά: NATO Science for Peace and Security Series Series C: Environmental Security,
• Θέματα: Architecture.; Political science.; Chemistry.; Construction.; Urban planning.; City planning.; Social work.; Materials science.; Architecture / Design.; Urbanism.; Political Science.; Social Work.; Basics of Construction.; Safety in Chemistry, Dangerous Goods.; Materials Science, general.

Cities tend to become more crowded, the high rise buildings taller, the traffic nodes more complex. The volume of hazardous cargo passing increases with the growth of economy and the expansion of technology. As we have seen in the recent past, cities can become too easily a focus of terror. To count...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Nature and Effects of Possible Threat
• Threats from Terrorist and Criminal Activity and Risk of Dangerous Accidents—Resistance and Vulnerability of the Urban Environment and Ways of Mitigation
• Risk Evaluation of Terrorist Attacks Against Chemical Facilities and Transport Systems in Urban Areas
• Microbial Agents and Activities to Interfere with Groundwater Quality
• Preliminary Results of a Risk Assessment Study for Uranium Contamination in Central Portugal
• Fire and Collapse Risks of Urban Structures
• Questions on the WTC Investigation
• The Pentagon Building Performance in the 9/11 Crash
• An Assessment of A Fire Risk for Multifuel Car Refueling Stations
• Quantitative Risk Assessment of Aircraft Impact on a High-Rise Building and Collapse
• Material Properties, Structural Design and Testing
• Enhancing impact and Blast Resistance of Concrete with Fiber Reinforcement
• Enhancing Resilience of Urban Structures to Withstand Fire Hazard
• Concrete Structures Under Blast Loading Dynamic Response, Damage, and Residual Strength
• Engineering Method for Prompt Assessment of Structural Resistance Against Combined Hazard Effects
• Future Strategies
• A Multihazard Approach to Insure Resilient Urban Structures
• The Role of Spatial Planning in Strengthening Urban Resilience
• Warning Systems
• Risk, Reliability, Uncertainties: Role and Strategies for the Structural Health Monitoring
• Distributed Optical Fiber Systems for Structural Health Monitoring
• Emergency Response Planning
• How to Plan for Emergency and Disaster Response Operations in View of Structural Risk Reduction
• Is It Possible to Use CFD Modeling for Emergency Preparedness and Response?
• Medical Countermeasures Following Terrorism CBRNE Attack in Urban Environment
• Laws of Motion of Pedestrian Flow—Basics for Evacuation Modeling and Management
• Spatial Data Infrastructure and Geovisualization in Emergency Management
• Using Virtual Environment Systems During the Emergency Prevention, Preparedness, Response and Recovery Phases
• The Role of Simulation Exercises in the Assessment of Robustness and Resilience of Private or Public Organizations
• Conclusions with Respect to Research Demands.