Terrorism

Citation

(2002), "Terrorism", Disaster Prevention and Management, Vol. 11 No. 5. https://doi.org/10.1108/dpm.2002.07311eae.002

Terrorism

Rebuilding the World Trade Center: A Report by the Construction

Institute-American Society of Civil Engineers. A report from ASCE's Committee on Social and Environmental Concerns in Construction200232 pp.Free

The complete text is available on-line at: www.ConstructionInst.org

Intended as a starting point for planning the rebuilding of the World Trade Center, this report examines issues from New York City traffic patterns to future security issues. Among two dozen discussed trends in this volume are: the decrease in New York office leases since September 11, green building designs, and decentralization of Manhattan's financial district. The report also explains how shorter building designs could address emergency evacuation, traffic congestion, and security.

Assessment of Federal Terrorism Preparedness Training for State and Local Audiences200262 pp.Free

The report can be found on FEMA's Web site at: www.fema.gov

The current federal terrorism training effort is frequently fractionalized, redundant, and wasteful and leaves many of the needs of states and local communities unmet, according to this report prepared by FEMA at the request of Congress. The report includes a comprehensive accounting of federal terrorism preparedness training, an assessment of the effectiveness of the training, and recommendations on how to improve the system. Its conclusions focus primarily on emergency response aspects of federal terrorism preparedness training. Communities involved in the assessment indicated that training is needed that focuses on interoperability among various response communities. Local officials said there is considerable confusion regarding operations requirements for dealing with a terrorist incident. City officials that participated in the study also said there is a need for large-scale disaster training focusing on command and logistics, special training for command personnel, and training courses on public information outreach in emergency and crisis situations.

High-Impact Terrorism: Proceedings of a Russian-American Workshop2002296 pp.$47.00; $37.60 if purchased on-line

Copies are available from the National Academy Press, 2101 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Lockbox 285, Washington, DC 20055; (888) 624-8373 or (202) 334-3313; WWW: www.nap.edu

This proceedings volume contains papers that address terrorism and the law; biological, chemical, nuclear, explosives, agricultural, and cyber terrorism; and future trends and international cooperation to combat terrorism. Appendices include an outline of the goals of the Russian program on "Problems of Natural and Technological Security".

Preparing for Terrorism: What Governors and Mayors Should Do

John F. Kennedy School of GovernmentHarvard University20019 pp.Free

Available on-line at: www.homelandsecurity.org/bulletin/ESDPMemoMayorsGov.pdf

This memorandum contains the recommendations of a working group of domestic preparedness specialists, elected officials, federal agency representatives, and academics that convenes semi-annually at the Kennedy School of Government. It addresses initial issues that elected officials should consider regarding domestic preparedness. Specifically, it highlights components of a comprehensive preparedness strategy and outlines state and local government priorities for change.

Community Response to the Threat of Terrorism

Issues and Ideas Papers presented during a Public Entity Risk Institute (PERI) Internet Symposium200159 pp.Free

Copies can be downloaded or ordered from the PERI Web site: www.riskinstitute.org