A new approach to protect soft-targets from terrorist attacks

Cuesta Jiménez, Arturo; Abreu Menéndez, Orlando Víctor; Balboa Marras, Adriana; Alvear Portilla, Manuel Daniel

doi:10.1016/j.ssci.2019.08.019

dc.contributor.author	Cuesta Jiménez, Arturo
dc.contributor.author	Abreu Menéndez, Orlando Víctor
dc.contributor.author	Balboa Marras, Adriana
dc.contributor.author	Alvear Portilla, Manuel Daniel
dc.contributor.other	Universidad de Cantabria	es_ES
dc.date.accessioned	2021-05-28T09:22:21Z
dc.date.available	2022-12-31T00:13:01Z
dc.date.issued	2019-12
dc.identifier.issn	0925-7535
dc.identifier.issn	1879-1042
dc.identifier.other	BIA2015-64866-R	es_ES
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10902/21775
dc.description.abstract	This paper presents a method to evaluate hazard level of soft-targets spaces based on their susceptibility toterrorist acts. This contribution illustrates a mixed approach (qualitative-quantitative) to assess an unknownprobability of situations which may well put the lives of citizens in serious danger. A case study is conducted on abuilding adapted from one of the University of Cantabria campus in case of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) delivered by a terrorist. The present study shows how the method can provide valuable information todecision makers based on quantitative results for use in risk management. Potential applications and opportunities of this approach are discussed in detail.	es_ES
dc.description.sponsorship	The authors would like to thank the European Commission for the LETS-CROWD project received funding from the Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under the grant agreement N° 740466 and the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness for DEFENDER Project Grant, Ref: BIA2015-64866-R, co-funded by ERDS funds. Moreover, authors thank the suggestions, experiences, and comments from LEAs involved in LETS-CROWD project.	es_ES
dc.format.extent	17 p.	es_ES
dc.language.iso	eng	es_ES
dc.publisher	Elsevier	es_ES
dc.rights	© 2019. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license	es_ES
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/	*
dc.source	Safety Science, 2019, 120, 877-885	es_ES
dc.subject.other	Soft targets	es_ES
dc.subject.other	Terrorism	es_ES
dc.subject.other	Risk assessment	es_ES
dc.subject.other	Mixed method	es_ES
dc.subject.other	Improvised Explosive Device (IED)	es_ES
dc.title	A new approach to protect soft-targets from terrorist attacks	es_ES
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/article	es_ES
dc.relation.publisherVersion	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2019.08.019	es_ES
dc.rights.accessRights	openAccess	es_ES
dc.relation.projectID	info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/740466/EU/Law Enforcement agencies human factor methods and Toolkit for the Security and protection of CROWDs in mass gatherings/LETS-CROWD/	es_ES
dc.identifier.DOI	10.1016/j.ssci.2019.08.019
dc.type.version	acceptedVersion	es_ES