Resilience of Cities to Terrorist and other Threats Learning from 9/11 and further Research Issues /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Pasman, Hans J. (Editor), Kirillov, Igor A. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2008.
• Series: NATO Science for Peace and Security Series Series C: Environmental Security,
• Subjects: Architecture.; Political science.; Chemistry.; Construction.; Urban planning.; City planning.; Social work.; Materials science.; Architecture / Design.; Urbanism.; Political Science.; Social Work.; Basics of Construction.; Safety in Chemistry, Dangerous Goods.; Materials Science, general.

Cities tend to become more crowded, the high rise buildings taller, the traffic nodes more complex. The volume of hazardous cargo passing increases with the growth of economy and the expansion of technology. As we have seen in the recent past, cities can become too easily a focus of terror. To count...