1st Edition

Managing Energy Security An All Hazards Approach to Critical Infrastructure

By Maria G. Burns Copyright 2019
416 Pages 112 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

416 Pages 112 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This interdisciplinary book is written for government and industry professionals who need a comprehensive, accessible guide to modern energy security. Introducing the ten predominant energy types, both renewable and non-renewable, the book illustrates the modern energy landscape from a geopolitical, commercial, economic and technological perspective. Energy is presented as the powerhouse of... Read more

Chapter 1: Energy as a Critical Infrastructure Sector

Chapter 2: Major Security and Safety Threat Types

Chapter 3: Global Energy: A Geopolitical and Economic Landscape

Chapter 4: Oil and Gas Security

Chapter 5: Coal Energy Security (Fossil Fuels; Non Renewable)

Chapter 6: Nuclear Energy Security: (Non-renewable) Uranium, Plutonium, Thorium

Chapter 7: Wind Power Security

Chapter 8: Hydroelectricity and Ocean Energy Security

Chapter 9: Solar and Geothermal Energy

Chapter 10: Biofuel and Biomass Security

Chapter 11: Cyber Security in the Era of Big Data

Chapter 12: Energy Security Forecasting

Biography

Maria G. Burns is a National Academies scholar. She serves as the Director for the Logistics and Transportation Program, University of Houston, and as Principle Investigator in the DHS Center of Excellence for Borders, Trade and Immigration Research, led by the University of Houston. She is the author of Port Management and Operations (CRC Press, 2014) and Logistics and Transportation Security (CRC Press, 2015).