Making America Safer: A Proposal to Increase Building Resilience Against Terrorism

Authors

  • Kimberly Ryan
  • Edward Stimpson

Keywords:

Terrorism, Building, Code, Structure

Abstract

With the rise of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and the most recent attacks in Paris and Beirut, it appears that the world is becoming increasingly less secure. Since the September 11th attacks, the international community has worked to create a more secure world which mitigates and defends against threats, minimizes risks, and maximizes the ability to respond to and recover from attacks; however, threats still persist. One of the main threats is to buildings. This proposal recognizes that buildings in which civilians inhabit every day must be structurally adequate to keep those inside safe. It will outline a plan to determine terrorist target buildings, evaluate said building’s level of risk based on a tier system, analyze current design strategies, and implement new safety codes in order to create resilient structures which can withstand explosive attack at any given moment. 

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Published

2017-09-28

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