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Risk management and protection strategies for buildings and facilities

Risk management and protection strategies for buildings and facilities Risk Management and Protection Strategies for Buildings and Facilities 71 Risk Management and Protection Strategies for Buildings and Facilities Richard G. Little S the United States has regrouped in the years since the attacks of September 11, 2001, the question of how best Ato protect city buildings and facilities from future acts of terrorism has been a topic of continuing discussion. However, despite a rational concern with terrorist vehicle-bomb attacks, a coherent strategy for protecting urban structures while maintaining full and free access to them has yet to emerge. As a result, building owners and managers have been forced to implement ad hoc approaches targeted more at generic vulnerabilities than at actual threats. This may not be an effective, let alone cost-effective, approach to urban terrorism. This paper offers guidance for building owners, alone or in groups, and in partnership with municipal auth- orities to use risk management principles to develop responses that address actual threats, and do so in a manner that balances available resources with individual or group risk tolerance. Assessing and Managing Risk Risk assessment systematically incorporates consideration of adverse events, vulnerabilities, and event probabilities and conse- Kaplan and Garrick quences. It can be defined by http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Urban Technology Taylor & Francis

Risk management and protection strategies for buildings and facilities

Journal of Urban Technology , Volume 12 (2): 15 – Aug 1, 2005
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Taylor & Francis
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Copyright The Society of Urban Technology
ISSN
1466-1853
eISSN
1063-0732
DOI
10.1080/10630730500309447
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Abstract

Risk Management and Protection Strategies for Buildings and Facilities 71 Risk Management and Protection Strategies for Buildings and Facilities Richard G. Little S the United States has regrouped in the years since the attacks of September 11, 2001, the question of how best Ato protect city buildings and facilities from future acts of terrorism has been a topic of continuing discussion. However, despite a rational concern with terrorist vehicle-bomb attacks, a coherent strategy for protecting urban structures while maintaining full and free access to them has yet to emerge. As a result, building owners and managers have been forced to implement ad hoc approaches targeted more at generic vulnerabilities than at actual threats. This may not be an effective, let alone cost-effective, approach to urban terrorism. This paper offers guidance for building owners, alone or in groups, and in partnership with municipal auth- orities to use risk management principles to develop responses that address actual threats, and do so in a manner that balances available resources with individual or group risk tolerance. Assessing and Managing Risk Risk assessment systematically incorporates consideration of adverse events, vulnerabilities, and event probabilities and conse- Kaplan and Garrick quences. It can be defined by

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Journal of Urban TechnologyTaylor & Francis

Published: Aug 1, 2005

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