Undertaken as part of the National Science Foundation's call for research associated with 9/11 terrorist attacks, this volume contains research addressing the immediate role and utility of geographical information and technologies in emergency management. It also initiates an on-going process to help develop a focused national research agenda on the graphical dimensions of terrorism. Areas covered include: geospatial data and technologies infrastructure research, root causes of terrorism, vulnerability science and hazard research.
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This book is to be recommended, as it offers another toolbox to those of us concerned with terrorism and its impact on our lives.
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–Stephane Lefebvre, formerly with the Department of National Defence, Canada, H-Net Reviews
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–Stephane Lefebvre, formerly with the Department of National Defence, Canada, H-Net Reviews
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In the days following September 11, 2001, all geographers felt a sense of loss-people we knew perished, and along with everyone else we experienced discomfort in our own lives and a diminished level of confidence that the world will be a safe and secure place for our children and grandchildren. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
lifeline vulnerability, vulnerability science, geographic technologies, geospatial data, urban vulnerability, geographic information science, geospatial technologies, emergency managers, geopolitical system, geospatial information, hazards research, critical infrastructure, information fusion, hazard management, drug production, geographical dimensions Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, San Diego, New York, World Trade Center, Department of Homeland Security, National Research Council, Ground Zero, Soviet Union, United Nations, Southwest Asia, Additional Related Research Questions, Census Bureau, Geological Survey, Hurricane Andrew, Issue Box, Priority Action Items, Priority Research Issues, Shining Path New!
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In the days following September 11, 2001, all geographers felt a sense of loss-people we knew perished, and along with everyone else we experienced discomfort in our own lives and a diminished level of confidence that the world will be a safe and secure place for our children and grandchildren. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
lifeline vulnerability, vulnerability science, geographic technologies, geospatial data, urban vulnerability, geographic information science, geospatial technologies, emergency managers, geopolitical system, geospatial information, hazards research, critical infrastructure, information fusion, hazard management, drug production, geographical dimensions Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, San Diego, New York, World Trade Center, Department of Homeland Security, National Research Council, Ground Zero, Soviet Union, United Nations, Southwest Asia, Additional Related Research Questions, Census Bureau, Geological Survey, Hurricane Andrew, Issue Box, Priority Action Items, Priority Research Issues, Shining Path New!
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- Geographic Information Systems: A Buyer's Guide by Central Computer & Telecommunications Agency in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Political Geography: World-economy, Nation-state and Locality (5th Edition) by Colin Flint in Back Matter
- The Social Amplification of Risk by Nick Pidgeon in Back Matter
- Data Mining by Jiawei Han in Back Matter
- Natural Disasters by D.E. Alexander in Back Matter
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- The Geographical Dimensions of Terrorism by Susan L. Cutter on 5 pages
- Questioning Geography: Fundamental Debates by Noel Castree on page 24, page 290, and page 292
- Questioning Geography: Fundamental Debates by Noel Castree on page 24, page 290, and page 292
- A Research Agenda for Geographic Information Science by Robert B. McMaster on page 287, and page 308
- NATO AND TERRORISM Catastrophic Terrorism and First Responders: Threats and Mitigation (NATO Security through Science Series B: Physics and Biophysics) by Friedrich Steinhäusler in Back Matter
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