Development of Risk Assessment Specifications for Analysing Terrorist Attacks Vulnerability on Metro and Light Rail Systems

With terrorist security of critical assets becoming a vital aspect of railway systems, this paper reviews the existing international policy frameworks and also risk assessment methodologies. This information fed into development of a risk assessment methodology (RAMPART Methodology) specifically addressing metro and light rail systems (mass transit). The uniqueness lies in differentiating itself using the following nine factors and parameters: qualitative vs quantitative approach; detail (depth of data/information levels disaggregation); scope (e.g. what threats/assets/sector covered?); what is target user group (legislators, management, technocrats, etc); definition of asset criticality; degree of subjectivity in whole RA process; is resilience (countermeasures) included?; are interdependences included; and common taxonomy/terminology.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trpro.2016.05.207
• Record URL:
  http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352146516302095
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/23521465
• Supplemental Notes:
  • © 2016 Emmanuel Matsika et al. Published Elsevier B.V.
• Authors:
  • Matsika, Emmanuel
  • O’Neill, Conor
  • Battista, Umberto
  • Khosravi, Mony
  • Laporte, Antonio de
  • Munoz, Eduardo
• Conference:
  • 6th Transport Research Arena (TRA2016)
  • Location: Warsaw , Poland
  • Date: 2016-4-18 to 2016-4-21
• Publication Date: 2016

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 1345-1354
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Procedia
  • Volume: 14
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 2352-1465
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/23521465/
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Asset management; Countermeasures; Light rail transit; Policy analysis; Public transit; Risk assessment; Terrorism
• Subject Areas: Policy; Public Transportation; Railroads; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01606196
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 29 2016 8:29AM