A 2007 conference highlighted recent developments in theoretical and practical aspects of safety and security engineering. Papers from the conference, presented here, reflect the field's
multidisciplinary and systemic approach. Major themes are risk analysis and management, modeling and theoretical studies, fire prevention and protection, and environmental protection, as well
as industrial cases, transportation problems, public safety, emergency and disaster prevention and management, and terrorism protection. Some specific subjects examined include risk
acceptability criteria, heavy metals concentration in vegetables grown in Iraq, search and rescue robots, road tunnel safety in Italy, an open software platform for preventive security in
crowded public places, and agent-based simulation of human movements during emergency evacuations of facilities. The editor is affiliated with the University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy. There
is no subject index. The US office of WIT Press is Computational Mechanics. Annotation 穢2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
