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Asks whether risk management techniques can be successfully applied to contemporary national security challenges.

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The Department of Homeland Security is responsible for protecting the United States from terrorism. It does so partly through the Urban Areas ... More

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Making Threats is designed to make students, scholars, activists and policymakers think critically about how environmental and biological fears are ... More

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Since 9/11 and the U.S. anthrax attacks, public, and policy concerns about the security threats posed by biological weapons has increased ... More

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Homeland security has occupied the news since 9/11. Still, much of the research about security risks, types of threats, and other vital data remains ... More

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"Committee on Methodological Improvements to the Department of Homeland Security's Biological Agent Risk Analysis; Board on Mathematical Sciences and ... More

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Undertaken as part of the National Science Foundation's call for research associated with the 9/11 terrorist attacks, this volume contains research ... More

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Recent global shocks, such as the 2008 financial crisis, have driven policy makers and industry strategists to re-examine how to prepare for and ... More

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Presents a risk-management process would help senior Air Force leaders to (1) focus planning on the most salient threats, (2) gain greater clarity on ... More

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Threats to human security aren't always as cataclysmic as a war or natural disaster. Often they are as subtle as a slowrising tide, whose calamitous ... More

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This book contains articles from leading experts in the various disciplines associated with risk assessment and risk communication associated with ... More

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This book arrives at just the right time to facilitate understanding of performance-based fire risk assessment in buildings - an integral part of the ... More

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This book defines risk management and the aspects of loss, including safety committees, accident investigation, risk management on the fireground, ... More

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Governing environmental risk, particularly large-scale transboundary risks associated with climate change and pollution, is one of the most pressing ... More

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Floods are of increasing public concern world-wide due to increasing damages and unacceptably high numbers of injuries. Previous approaches of flood ... More

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Malicious acts against or within the chemical industrial sector pose a significant threat to both the employees working in the industry, to the ... More

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Crime and Terrorism Risk is a collection of original essays and articles that presents a broad overview of the issues related to the assessment and ... More

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