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Security and Environmental Sustainability of Multimodal Transport

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 2010

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Editors:
  1. Michael Bell

    1. Dept. Civil & Environmental Engineering, Centre for Transport Studies, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

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  2. Solmaz Haji Hosseinloo

    1. Dept. Civil & Environmental Engineering, Centre for Transport Studies, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

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  3. Urszula Kanturska

    1. Dept. Civil & Environmental Engineering, Centre for Transport Studies, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

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  • A collection of papers written by international experts on hazardous material transportation, security and environmental protection
  • The book covers topics which are of great concern to the public and academics, such as the security of transport and climate change
  • The book offers cases from other countries which provide useful insights into the handling of incidents when hazardous material is transported
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (14 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Transportation Security and Vulnerability

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Terrorism and the Threat to Multimodal Transport – An Overview

      • Dimitrios Tsamboulas
      Pages 3-21

    3. Risk Averse Routing of Hazardous Materials with Scheduled Delays

      • Chiara Bersani, Riccardo Minciardi, Angela Maria Tomasoni, Roberto Sacile
      Pages 23-36

    4. Transposition of the Defence in Depth Concept to Hazmat Transport to Mitigate Territorial Vulnerability

      • Emmanuel Garbolino
      Pages 37-55

    5. On Decision Principles for Routing Strategies Under Various Types of Risks

      • Jan-Dirk Schmöcker
      Pages 57-71

  3. Hazmat Transportation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 74-74
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    2. Urban Hazmats Line-Haul, Distribution and Modal Change: Case Studies from Mexico

      • Angélica Lozano, Ángeles Muñoz, Luis Macias, Juan Pablo Antun
      Pages 75-88

    3. Routing of Hazardous Material Shipments Under the Threat of Terrorist Attack

      • Yashoda Dadkar, Linda Nozick, Dean Jones
      Pages 89-110

    4. Transport of Radioactive Material and Waste: The Challenges

      • Luan Qafmolla
      Pages 111-117

    5. A Tele-Geomatics Based System and Mobile Object Model for Hazmat Monitoring

      • Azedine Boulmakoul, Adil El Bouziri, Mohamed Chala, Robert Laurini
      Pages 119-147

    6. Terrorists and Hazmat: A Methodology to Identify Potential Routes

      • Rodrigo A. Garrido
      Pages 149-166

  4. Risk in Multi-Modal Transport

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 168-168
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    2. Bayesian Analysis for Transportation Risk

      • Pamela Murray-Tuite
      Pages 169-182

    3. Risk-Based Cost Assessment of Maritime and Port Security

      • Khalid Bichou
      Pages 183-211

    4. Conceptualization of a Game Theoretic Approach to Air Marshal Scheduling

      • Xiaofeng Nie, Rajan Batta, Li Lin
      Pages 213-224

  5. Environmental Sustainability of Transport

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 226-226
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    2. A Simulation Model and a Vulnerability Assessment of the Worldwide Energy Supply

      • Konstantinos Zavitsas, Michael G. H. Bell
      Pages 227-246

    3. Impact of Climate Change on Transportation: As Security Issue

      • Mu’taz M. Al-Alawi
      Pages 247-260
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About this book

Not until the recent attacks on transport systems has transport security become a focus of public concern and academic research. Various aspects of transport security have already been analysed under different agendas. Some research was focused on the potential risk to the environment resulting from transport, in particular from the transport of hazardous or dangerous goods, while other research considered critical elements of transport networks or supply chains as vital lifelines in the case of natural disasters. Recently, new threats stimulated interest in transport security as a stand-alone issue, placing it at the forefront of political and academic agendas. A NATO Advanced Research Workshop held at Imperial College London in January 2009 brought together those with expertise in the above-mentioned fields in order to verify the current state of knowledge in the field and identify promising areas for future work. The workshop concentrated on maritime and intermodal transport, risk management and long-term strategic planning, rather than on the details of monitoring or detection techniques. This collection of papers emanates largely from that workshop. While transport systems are widely recognized as terrorist targets, complete protection of these systems is economically and practically infeasible. The workshop looked at analytical methods to identify critical points in the transport infrastructure and the prioritization of defensive and mitigating measures given the limited resources available. Deficiencies in methods for conducting such an assessment were identified and the need for cost-effective mitigation measures was emphasized.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Dept. Civil & Environmental Engineering, Centre for Transport Studies, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

    Michael Bell, Solmaz Haji Hosseinloo, Urszula Kanturska

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