Securing Integrated Transportation Networks - Softcover

Gordon; Young

Softcover

ISBN 10: 032395409X ISBN 13: 9780323954099

Publisher: Elsevier, 2024

Synopsis

Securing Integrated Transportation Networks provides a comprehensive look at multimodal transportation security―its dynamics, evolving threats, and technology advances that enhance operational security and related infrastructure protection and hardening, as well as the regulatory environment. As threats are evolving, so is the technology used in enhancing transportation security, operational procedures, and regulations. This book addresses this dynamic evolution of transportation security, serving as a primary reference for information on the range of activities and components involved in transportation security. It covers the myriad parts involved in the relationship between, and among, logistics, the supply chains and transportation entities, and more.

In addition, it looks at operations, infrastructure, equipment, laws and regulations, policies and procedures, and risk focused on transportation safety and security by mode and transportation in general. Cooperation and partnering with and among the industry, to include transportation providers and government agencies, is the way forward to ensure that security is maintained and keeps pace with the evolving threat and regulatory landscape.

• Introduces readers to the characteristics of the motive power, freight or passage haulage units, physical infrastructure required, the operating environment itself and the information technology applicable to both operating and managing customer-provider relationships―all of which to foster safe, secure, effective, and efficient operations
• Includes discussion questions and case studies available for assignments and subsequent classroom discussion, whereby real-world scenarios serve to hone analytical abilities
• Discusses the risks and vulnerabilities that various supply chains and associated transportation modes may pose to the ability of a firm to maintain ongoing operations, helping them to analyze trade-offs and mitigate threats

About this title

About the Authors

Gary A. Gordon is a Professor of Professional Practice at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. He holds a Ph.D. and B.S in Civil Engineering, and MBA from the University of Massachusetts Lowell, and M.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Maryland. Prior to academia, Dr. Gordon had a lengthy career in transportation operations, security and infrastructure design and construction, to include in the U.S. Army Reserve. During his career he held positions as Assistant Federal Security Director-Surface Transportation for DHS/Transportation Security Administration and Assistant Chief Engineer-Design & Construction of a former Class I Northeast Railroad. He is a co-editor of Intermodal Maritime Security: Supply Chain Risk Mitigation, co-author of Railway Security: Protecting Against Manmade and Natural Disasters and Securing Integrated Transportation Networks and is on the editorial board of the Journal of Transportation Security.

Richard R. Young is Distinguished Professor of Supply Chain Management at The Pennsylvania State University. He holds a B.S. in Operations Management from Rider University, M.B.A. from Albany University, and Ph.D. in Business Logistics from The Pennsylvania State University. Dr. Young is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport of the United Kingdom and is accepted to practice before the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission. Prior to academia, he held various supply chain management positions in industry. Dr. Young is on the editorial boards of several leading supply chain journals, a Fulbright German Research Scholar, and he received the 2008 Distinguished Educator Award of the National Défense Transportation Association. He is co-author of the book Railway Security: Protecting Against Manmade and Natural Disasters and co-editor of Intermodal Maritime Security: Supply Chain Risk Mitigation.

From the Back Cover

Securing Integrated Transportation Networks provides a comprehensive look at multimodal transportation security―its dynamics, evolving threats and technology advances that enhance operational security and related infrastructure protection and hardening, as well as the regulatory environment. As threats are evolving, so is the technology used in enhancing transportation security, operational procedures, and regulations. This book will address this dynamic evolution of transportation security.

This book serves as a primary reference for information on of the range of activities and components involved in transportation security. It covers the myriad moving parts involved in the relationship between and among logistics, the supply chains and transportation entities, and the concepts, approaches and methods that are being employed to effect greater security. It looks at operations, infrastructure, equipment, laws and regulations, policies and procedures, and risk focused on transportation safety and security by mode and transportation in general. Cooperation and partnering with and among the industry, to include transportation providers and government agencies, is the way forward to ensure that security is maintained and keeps pace with the evolving threat and regulatory landscape.

This book benefits students in homeland security, supply chain management and transportation planning and engineering by providing a practical resource written by industry practitioners with "boots-on-the-ground" security experience and analysis of real-world case studies. In addition, it provides a practitioner-focused reference book for those in the transportation and supply chain industries, to include its government, associated industries, and academic partners.

Edition details

• Publisher: Elsevier
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 032395409X
• ISBN 13: 9780323954099
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 434