Travel Security Research Articles

S-Travel takes off

The S-Travel programme, set up in the wake of the 11 September terrorist attacks to address air travel security, is on schedule in its bid to run a smart card and biometric-enabled pilot for processing Alitalia passengers travelling between Athens and Milan airports. Ctt has learned that the project will be fully compatible with International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) standards recently announced on machine readable travel documents (see page 1), which specified the use of high-capacity smart contactless chips.

Airport Security, High Reliability, and the Problem of Rationality

The events of September 11, 2001, have raised troubling questions regarding the reliability and security of American commercial air travel. This article applies the concepts and logic of high–reliability organizations to airport security operations. Contemporary decision theory is built on the logic of limited or buffered rationability and is based on the study of error–tolerant organizations. The concept of high–reliability organizations is based on the study of nearly error–free operations. For commercial air travel to be highly secure, there must be very high levels of technical competence and sustained performance; regular training; structure redundancy; collegial, decentralized authority patterns; processes that reward error discovery and correction; adequate and reliable funding; high mission valence; reliable and timely information; and protection from external interference in operations. These concepts are used to inform early–stage issues being faced by both local airports and the newly established Transportation Security Administration.

Toward a United States Policy on Traveler Safety and Security: 1980-2000

Increasing travel is heightening government and industry awareness of the need for national and international health, safety, and security policies and employee education and training programs targeting the well-being of all travelers. This article summarizes cohesive measures and initiatives in the 1980s and 1990s developed by the United States, in concert with industry organizations and the international community. These activities underpinned the far-reaching work of the National Traveler Safety Team, a product of the White House Conference on Travel and Tourism, held in Washington, D.C., October 30-31, 1995, and helped place the issue of traveler health, safety, and security permanently on the international policy agenda.

Physician Training in Agricultural Safety and Health

ABSTRACT This paper describes the Emory Agromedicine Training Project, a component of Occupational Medicine residency training at Emory University since 1991. The Project places occupational medicine residents in rural settings, where they perform a range of activities: working on farms, service visits to farms, grand rounds presentations to rural hospitals, public presentations in farm communities, and clinical service in the migrant health program. In addition they complete a directed reading syllabus and a research project. The rotation has been successful in building the residents' knowledge of agricultural safety and health, instilling positive attitudes toward the field, and achieving desired behaviors and skills. In addition, strong statewide networking was accomplished through this initiative. Areas of limited success include the small number of residents trained, some resident dissatisfaction with intense travel requirements and security concerns, and inability to secure long-term funding. We conclude that agricultural safety and health is highly suitable for inclusion in occupational medicine training, and this model should be extended to primary care specialties such as family practice.

Security and Risks in Travel and Tourism

Security and Risks in Travel and Tourism

Security and risks in travel and tourism

Abstract The First Global Research and Travel Trade Conference on Security and Risks in Travel and Tourism was held in Ostersund, Sweden, from 9–11 June 1995. It was organized by the Mid-Sweden University, Ostersund, and supported by a number of commercial and public sector sponsors.

Recent Applications of X Rays in Condensed Matter Physics

Since their discovery by Wilhelm Conard Röntgen, X rays have played a significant role in our lives: they make the unseen in our bodies visible; they enhance our security in air travel; they make possible nondestructive testing of a wide variety of materials. And through x-ray diffraction and spectroscopy they make it possible to probe the order of matter at the atomic level.

Terrorism And Travel: Managing The Unmanageable

This article reports the findings of a study undertaken to ascertain how travel agency marketing directors confronted the terrorism crisis of 1986. Results from a mail survey conducted with the 359 largest U. S. travel agencies during the height of the crisis, mid-summer 1986, indicate that promotion strategies played an integral role in overall crisis management. Respondents also recommend that improvements be made in traveler security systems. Managerial implications are assessed and the importance of advance crisis planning is stressed