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Title: Acceptability of terrorism risks and prioritising protective measures for key infrastructure
Author/Creator: Stewart, Mark G.; Mueller, John
Institution: The University of Newcastle. Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment, School of Engineering
Description: This paper deals with the losses in human life terrorists have been able to inflict. It then places the issue in broader context, comparing the risk terrorism presents with other hazards to human life that have variously been considered acceptable or unacceptable. Under present conditions terrorism, as a hazard to human life in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia the risks from terrorism are low enough to be deemed “acceptable.” The paper then discusses which items of key infrastructure are worth protecting based on cost-benefit analyses or other decision support criteria.
Relation: First International Conference of Protective Structures. Proceedings of the First International Conference of Protective Structures (Manchester, UK 29 September - 1 October, 2010)
Relation: https://www.meeting.co.uk/confercare/icps2010
Date: 2010
Publisher: International Association of Protective Structures (IAPS)
Keyword(s): risk; terrorism; cost-benefit; infrastructure; decision making
Resource Type: conference paper
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/935166

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