Anti-terrorism protection and protective design measures for hotels

M. Zineddin, L. Sherwood

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Abstract

In today's security climate, terrorists do not target key government installations or so-called "hard targets." Rather, terrorists have been targeting "soft targets" such as public areas with high human traffic volumes, and private establishments. There are numerous global examples to support this. What more can a hotel do to enhance security without compromising its basic function - to encourage the public to enter its premises? If it is a question of when, not if, hotels succumb to terrorist attacks, how prepared are they to mitigate the consequences of an attack? A paradigm shift in response strategy, moving beyond perimeter security to include hardening and protective measures is clearly required. This paper summarizes the methodology, threat scenarios, blast overpressure calculations, structural assessment and results for the hotels industry.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSafety and Security Engineering V
Pages331-340
Number of pages10
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013
Externally publishedYes
Event5th International Conference on Safety and Security Engineering, SAFE 2013 - Rome, Italy
Duration: Sep 17 2013Sep 19 2013

Publication series

NameWIT Transactions on the Built Environment
Volume134
ISSN (Print)1743-3509

Conference

Conference5th International Conference on Safety and Security Engineering, SAFE 2013
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityRome
Period09/17/1309/19/13

Keywords

  • Anti-terrorism
  • Blast effects
  • Bomb threat
  • Hotel security
  • Protective design

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