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This excerpt from the book, "The Geographical Dimensions of Terrorism" discusses how geographical information and technologies can be used to help emergency management. The book also discusses how terrorism can be caused by different factors and how to research these factors.
Undertaken as part of the National Science Foundation's call for research associated with the 9/11 terrorist attacks, this volume contains research that addresses 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 geographical dimensions of terrorism. Areas covered include: geospatial data and technologies infrastructure research, root causes of terrorism, and vulnerability science and hazard research.
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