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The recent proliferation of studies on terrorism has brought scholars from different fields and approaches to converge on this phenomenon. As a result, economists, social and political scientists have developed theories, evidence and, in a sense, even a peculiar jargon of their own. Starting from this assumption, the book aims to bring scholars with different expertise and background around the same table, showing how their individual perspectives can contribute to a broader understanding of the issue at stake. In other words, the aim that inspires the book is that the multi-disciplinary nature of terrorism requires a concerted effort by social sciences in particular, economics and political science. The book deals with a number of issues from the definition and forms of terrorism, to its economic determinants, from the distribution and forecast of terror attacks to the measurement of their impact on societies.

Terrorism --- Economic aspects. --- Economic aspects --- E-books --- Political Science --- "Terrorism, armed struggle". --- Terrorist attack. --- Political Freedom & Security / Terrorism. --- Social aspects.

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The increasing cyber connectivity of vehicles and between vehicles and infrastructure will drastically reshape mobility in the coming decades. Although the advent of connected mobility is expected to benefit travelers and society by smoothing traffic, improving rider convenience, and reducing accidents, the augmented cyber components in connected and autonomous vehicles and related infrastructure also give rise to cyber attacks on the transportation system. Yet, little attention has been paid to transportation cyber resilience. This paper thus proposes an investigation on this topic with a comprehensive literature review. Cyber components and plausible autonomous mobility systems operation scenarios are discussed, before identifying possible cyber attacks to autonomous mobility systems at the vehicle and system levels. The discussion then moves to existing practices to enhance cybersecurity, and several strategies are investigated toward enhancing autonomous mobility system cyber resilience. At the vehicle level, creating layers and separation to reduce cyber component connectivity and deploying an independent procedure for data collection and processing are important in vehicle design and manufacturing. At the system level, recommended strategies include keeping redundancy in transportation capacity, maintaining a separate road network, and deploying different sub-autonomous mobility systems.

Autonomous Mobility System --- Autonomous Vehicle --- Cyber Attack --- Cyber Resilience --- ICT Applications --- Information and Communication Technologies --- Information Technology --- Roads and Highways --- Science and Technology Development --- Technology Innovation --- Traffic Accidents --- Transport --- Transportation System

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Ce livre retrace l'évolution de la mérule depuis sa naissance biologique jusqu'à son entrée et son intervention dérangeante dans notre organisation humaine. Les trois volets de la présentation ( science, technique et droit) sont indispensables à une compréhension complète du "phénomène mérule". L'approche scientifique nous apprend comment elle naît, se nourrit, se développe et se propage. La partie technique nous permet de la reconnaître, de la cerner et la traiter. Enfin, le chapitre consacré au droit attire l'attention sur son caractère pernicieux, sur l'urgence d'intervention et sur les moyens à mettre en oeuvre pour venir à bout des problèmes juridiques soulevés par ce redoutable champignon.

Assurances --- Botanique --- Bouwnijverheid --- Burgerlijk recht --- Construction --- Droit civil --- Plantkunde --- Verzekeringen --- Pathologie de la construction --- 674.048.4 --- 582.287.23 --- 691.11.059.2 --- 582.287 --- AA / International- internationaal --- 338.76 --- 338.755.3 --- Impregnation against animal attack --- Hymenomycetineae. Club fungi. Agaric. Toadstools. Mushrooms. Strophariaceae --- Bouwindustrie. Onroerende bouwwerken. --- Hout- en meubelindustrie. --- FUN Fungi & Lichenes --- Fungi --- Serpula --- buildings damage --- wood decay --- legislation --- 582.287.23 Hymenomycetineae. Club fungi. Agaric. Toadstools. Mushrooms. Strophariaceae --- 674.048.4 Impregnation against animal attack --- Champignons destructeurs du bois --- Constructions --- Humidité dans les constructions --- Serpula lacrymans --- Prévention --- Protection --- Identification --- Lutte contre --- Humidité dans les constructions. --- Prévention. --- Identification. --- Lutte contre. --- Bouwindustrie. Onroerende bouwwerken --- Hout- en meubelindustrie --- Prévention. --- Humidité dans les constructions.

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June 1999 - A regime-switching framework is used to study speculative attacks against European Monetary System currencies during 1979-93. Peria uses a regime-switching framework to study speculative attacks against European Monetary System (EMS) currencies during 1979-93. She identifies speculative attacks by modeling exchange rates, reserves, and interest rates as time series subject to discrete regime shifts. She assumes two states: tranquil and speculative. She models the probabilities of switching between states as a function of fundamentals and expectations. She concludes that: The switching models with time-varying transition probabilities capture most of the conventional episodes of speculative attacks; Speculative attacks do not always coincide with currency realignments. Both economic fundamentals and expectations determine the likelihood of switching from a period of tranquility to a speculative attack. The budget deficit appears to be an especially important factor driving the probability of switching to a speculative regime. Given the importance of anticipating and, wherever possible, avoiding crises, it might be useful to conduct forecasting exercises to determine whether the switching framework proposed here can be used to forecast crises in countries outside the sample. Because currency crises tend to occur simultaneously in two or more countries, it also might be useful to adapt the regime-switching framework to explore the role of contagion in explaining crises. This paper-a product of Finance, Development Research Group-is part of a larger effort in the group to understand currency crises. The author may be contacted at mmartinezperia@worldbank.org.

Central Bank --- Crawling Peg --- Currencies --- Currencies and Exchange Rates --- Currency --- Debt Markets --- Dependent Variable --- Devaluations --- Economic Stabilization --- Economic Theory and Research --- Emerging Markets --- European Monetary System --- Exchange Rate --- Exchange Rate Mechanism --- Exchange Rates --- Federal Reserve --- Federal Reserve Bank --- Finance and Financial Sector Development --- Financial Literacy --- Financial Markets --- Fixed Exchange Rate --- Fixed Exchange Rate Regimes --- Fixed Exchange Rate Systems --- Interest Rates --- Macroeconomics and Economic Growth --- Private Sector Development --- Speculative Attack --- Speculative Attacks --- Speculative Pressure

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"Cosmic Threats : A Planetary Perspective calls for the progressive creation of supra-national institutions intended to protect life on Earth against natural threats, be these terrestrial (pandemics, super-volcanoes, major earthquakes...) or celestial (comets, asteroids, meteor storms...). The protection proffered would need to be pre-emptive though also responsive, reducing the number of adverse events but also their specific consequences. Rancid though the world scene currently looks, this may actually be a good time to look towards a planetary security programme that can build up over a century or more. It would need special international institutions that are sufficiently integrated to cope with the celestial and terrestrial contingencies anticipated yet not so much a class apart as to be a law unto themselves, a military regime able to ride roughshod over general world opinion. Such an holistic approach to planetary security might prove to be a definitive substitute for war between nations. Professor Brown comes to such questions from a broad career background. His lead qualifications are a Masters degree from Oxford in Modern History and a Doctorate of Science from Birmingham (UK) in Applied Geophysics. He has been a naval meteorologist; staff college instructor; part-time but pro-active as a defence correspondent for several of the West's leading journals; and political consultant. From 1980 to 1986, he was Chairman of the Council for Arms Control. From 1993 to 1997 he worked half-time in the Sensors and Electronic Systems directorate of Britain's Ministry of Defence. This was as the Academic Consultant in a small task force specifically created to advise the government of the day apropos what British policy to Strategic Ballistic Missile Defence should be"--Provided by publisher.

Emergency management --- Disaster relief --- Natural disasters --- Collisions (Astrophysics) --- Security, International. --- Defensive (Military science) --- Attack and defense (Military science) --- Defenses (Military science) --- Defensive (Military strategy) --- Military art and science --- Collective security --- International security --- International relations --- Disarmament --- International organization --- Peace --- Collisional processes (Astrophysics) --- Impact processes (Astrophysics) --- Astrophysics --- Natural calamities --- Disasters --- Disaster assistance --- Emergency assistance in disasters --- Emergency relief --- Human services --- Consequence management (Emergency management) --- Disaster planning --- Disaster preparedness --- Disaster prevention --- Emergencies --- Emergency planning --- Emergency preparedness --- Management --- Public safety --- First responders --- International cooperation. --- Government policy. --- Planning --- Preparedness --- Prevention --- Security, International --- International cooperation --- Government policy --- E-books