Philip Auerswald
Associate, Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program
Contact:
Telephone: 703-993-3787
Fax: 703-993-2284
Email: philip_auerswald@harvard.edu
Website: http://policy.gmu.edu/faculty/auerswald/
May / June 2007
The Irrelevance of the Middle East
Magazine or Newspaper Article, The American Interest, issue 5, volume 2
By Philip Auerswald, Associate, Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program
September, 2006
Where Private Efficiency Meets Public Vulnerability: The Critical Infrastructure Challenge
Book Chapter
By Lewis M. Branscomb, Director Emeritus of the Science, Technology and Public Policy Program; Professor Emeritus of Public Policy and Corporate Management and Philip Auerswald, Associate, Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program
Fall 2005
The Challenge of Protecting Critical Infrastructure
Journal Article, Issues in Science and Technology, issue 1, volume XXII
By Lewis M. Branscomb, Director Emeritus of the Science, Technology and Public Policy Program; Professor Emeritus of Public Policy and Corporate Management and Philip Auerswald, Associate, Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program
May / June 2007
The Irrelevance of the Middle East
Magazine or Newspaper Article, The American Interest, issue 5, volume 2
By Philip Auerswald, Associate, Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program
September, 2006
Where Private Efficiency Meets Public Vulnerability: The Critical Infrastructure Challenge
Book Chapter
By Lewis M. Branscomb, Director Emeritus of the Science, Technology and Public Policy Program; Professor Emeritus of Public Policy and Corporate Management and Philip Auerswald, Associate, Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program
Fall 2005
The Challenge of Protecting Critical Infrastructure
Journal Article, Issues in Science and Technology, issue 1, volume XXII
By Lewis M. Branscomb, Director Emeritus of the Science, Technology and Public Policy Program; Professor Emeritus of Public Policy and Corporate Management and Philip Auerswald, Associate, Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program
AP Photo
February 2010
"Rail Transportation of Toxic Inhalation Hazards: Policy Responses to the Safety and Security Externality"
Discussion Paper
By Lewis M. Branscomb, Director Emeritus of the Science, Technology and Public Policy Program; Professor Emeritus of Public Policy and Corporate Management, Mark Fagan, Philip Auerswald, Associate, Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program, Ryan N. Ellis and Raphael Barcham
Toxic inhalation hazard (TIH) chemicals such as chlorine gas and anhydrous ammonia are among the most dangerous of hazardous materials. Rail transportation of TIH creates risk that is not adequately reflected in the costs, creating a TIH safety and security externality. This paper describes and evaluates policy alternatives that might effectively mitigate the dangers of TIH transportation by rail. After describing the nature of TIH risk and defining the TIH externality, general policy approaches to externalities from other arenas are examined. Potential risk reduction strategies and approaches for each segment of the supply chain are reviewed. The paper concludes by summarizing policy options and assessing some of the most promising means to reduce the risks of transportation of toxic inhalation hazards. Four policy approaches are recommended: internalizing external costs through creation of a fund for liability and claims, improving supply chain operations, enhancing emergency response and focusing regulatory authority. It is further suggested that the Department of Transportation convene a discussion among stakeholder representatives to evaluate policy alternatives.
May / June 2007
The Irrelevance of the Middle East
Magazine or Newspaper Article, The American Interest, issue 5, volume 2
By Philip Auerswald, Associate, Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program
September, 2006
Where Private Efficiency Meets Public Vulnerability: The Critical Infrastructure Challenge
Book Chapter
By Lewis M. Branscomb, Director Emeritus of the Science, Technology and Public Policy Program; Professor Emeritus of Public Policy and Corporate Management and Philip Auerswald, Associate, Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program
September, 2006
Complexity and Interdependence: The Unmanaged Challenge
Book Chapter
By Philip Auerswald, Associate, Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program
