Transportation security against terrorism / edited by Mete Tahmisoğlu and Çinar Özen.

"Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Transportation Security Measures to Counter Terrorism, Ankara, Turkey, 5-6 May 2008"--Title page verso.

" ... under the guidance and direction of the Centre of Excellence Defence Against Terrorism in Ankara, Turkey."--Page vii.

"Published in cooperation with NATO Public Diplomacy Division."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Understanding the roots of terrorism : an evaluation of its origins and future / Ercan Çitlioğlu -- Terrorism, mobility and transportation security / Joseph S. Szyliowicz -- Terrorist attacks as a social problem / Dorothea Jacquelin De Tombe -- Modeling homeland security transportation including critical infrastructures / Taner Altunok -- Space-time measures of transportation vulnerability / Harvey J. Miller -- Maritime transportation security against terrorism and human smuggling / Nihat Altunbulak -- The universal legal regime against terrorism : the role of the United Nations / Ulrik Ahnfeldt-Mollerup -- EU measures on transportation security terrorism / Davide Casale -- Legal framework for defending transport networks against terrorist attack / Robert Cryer -- Terrorism risk for public transportation systems / John Markey -- Cyber-attacks against transportation infrastructure / Marco Gercke -- Traffic management challenges in terrorist attacks : evacuations in chemical/hazardous material spills and emerbency operations / Hediye Tüydeş -- Planning board for inland surface transport (PBIST) activities on IST security / Gerd Fröhlich -- Conclusions : What terrorist attacks on transportation systems tell us about the new world order / Çinar Özen and Itur Bağdadi.

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Even a cursory review of the numerous hijacking, train and bus bombings can establish beyond doubt that transport systems are particularly vulnerable targets of terrorist attack. This book intends to offer the groundwork for a theoretical and practical understanding of the issues that surround transportation security against terrorism.

English.

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