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.