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Risk Assessment and Security for Pipelines, Tunnels, and Underground Rail and Transit Operations
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Risk Assessment and Security for Pipelines, Tunnels, and Underground Rail and Transit Operations

by Anna M. Doro-on
June 2014
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
414 pages
14h 2m
English
CRC Press
Content preview from Risk Assessment and Security for Pipelines, Tunnels, and Underground Rail and Transit Operations
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Chapter 8
Preparedness,
Preventive, and
Defensive Measures
8.1 Introduction
is chapter introduces the emergency preparedness and response before or in
the event of a disaster or terrorist attack on pipelines, tunnels, and underground
rail and transit systems. Some features to aid the detection of clandestine tunnels,
illegal manpower mobilization for transshipment, fabrications of weapons of mass
destructions (WMD), and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) will be presented
in this chapter. Clever techniques for the detection and deactivation of land mines
and IEDs using intelligent improvised technologies with Mother Nature support
as meteorologica ...
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ISBN: 9781466569324