Dam Sector Protection and Homeland Security

Autorentext

Frank R. Spellman is the author or co-author of more than 70 books on safety, occupational health, and natural and environmental sciences. He has 45 years of experience in safety and health and has served as a consultant for the U.S. Department of Justice, a variety of law firms, and a number of non-governmental organizations on environmental issues and health-related matters. He is formerly an assistant professor of environmental health at Old Dominion University.

Klappentext

Dam Sector Protection and Homeland Security is a reference source that is designed to serve and advise U.S. project designers, engineers, managers, and others working in the dam infrastructure sector who want quick answers to complicated questions. This book was written to help employers and employees handle the threat of dam infrastructure terrorism they must be prepared to meet on a daily basis. It describes the sector-wide process required to identify and prioritize assets, assess risk, and implement and measure the effectiveness of protective programs and resilience strategies.

Inhalt

CONTENTS Preface Prologue: Someone Left the Lid off of the Cookie Jar Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Critical Infrastructure Chapter 3 The Dams Sector Chapter 4 Dams Sector Security Chapter 5 Dams Sector Vulnerability Assessment (VA) Chapter 6 Preparation: When is Enough, Enough? Chapter 7 Power Control Systems Chapter 8 Emergency Action Chapter 9 Security Techniques & Hardware Glossary