Cost-effective Responses to Terrorist Risks in Constructed Facilities

The 9/11 terrorist attacks & the potential for future terrorist attacks have changed the way the owners & managers of constructed facilities (CF) approach homeland security-related issues. Here is a 3-step protocol for developing a risk mitigation plan for optimizing protection of CF. It will help decision makers assess the risk of their facility to damages from low-probability, high-consequence events; identify engineering, management, & financial strategies for abating the risk of damages; & use standardized economic evaluation methods to select the most cost-effective combination of risk mitigation strategies to protect their facility. This will assist owners & managers of CF reduce the costs associated with these events. Charts & tables.Chapman, Robert E. is the author of 'Cost-effective Responses to Terrorist Risks in Constructed Facilities ', published 2004 under ISBN 9780756743611 and ISBN 0756743613.