Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-254) and index.

Foreword / John H. Marburger -- Introduction / Philip Rubin -- Ch. 1. The Changing Landscape of Fear / Susan L. Cutter, Douglas B. Richardson and Thomas J. Wilbanks -- Ch. 2. Societal Responses to Threats -- 2.1. Public Health, Law Enforcement, and Hazards Management / Deborah S. K. Thomas -- 2.2. Urban Vulnerability to Terrorism as Hazard / James K. Mitchell -- 2.3. Emergency Preparedness and Response - Lessons Learned from 9/11 / Gerald E. Galloway -- 2.4. Transborder Disaster Management / Richard Wright, Paul Ganster and David Dow -- Ch. 3. Understanding the Root Causes of Terrorism -- 3.1. The Space of Terror / Alexander B. Murphy -- 3.2. Geographies of Inclusion/Exclusion / Colin Flint -- 3.3. Drug Production, Commerce, and Terrorism / Kent Mathewson and Michael Steinberg -- 3.4. Insurrections / Marilyn Silberfein -- Ch. 4. Geospatial Data and Technologies in Times of Crises --

4.1. The Need for a National Spatial Data Infrastructure / Mike Tatt -- 4.2. Remote Sensing Imagery for Emergency Management / Andrew J. Bruzewicz -- 4.3. Geospatial Data in Emergencies / Michael F. Goodchild -- 4.4. Data Modeling for Emergencies / Michael F. Goodchild -- 4.5. Intelligent Emergency Response Systems / Mei-Po Kwan -- 4.6. Geographic Management Systems for Homeland Security / Frederick Abler and Douglas B. Richardson -- Ch. 5. Vulnerability of Lifelines, the Built Environment, and People -- 5.1. Critical Infrastructure / John A. Kelmelis and Scott A. Loomer -- 5.2. Energy Systems and Infrastructures / Thomas J. Wilbanks -- 5.3. Transportation and Communication Lifelines Disruption / Harvey J. Miller -- 5.4. Economic Assessment of Unexpected Events / Geoffrey J. D. Hewings and Yasuhide Okuyama -- 5.5. Estimating Populations at Risk / Jerome E. Dobson --

5.6. Recreating Secure Spaces / Ray J. Dezzani and T. R. Lakshmanan -- Ch. 6. Bioterrorism -- 6.1. Understanding Biological Warfare / Arthur Getis -- 6.2. Bioweaponry and Agroterrorism / Lisa M. Butler Harrington -- 6.3. Spatial Surveillance of and Response to Biological Threats / Marilyn O. Ruiz -- Ch. 7. Building a Safer but Open Society -- 7.1. Openness versus Security of Geographic Information / Harlan Onsrud -- 7.2. GeoSecurity / William B. Wood -- Ch. 8. A Research and Action Agenda / Susan L. Cutter, Douglas B. Richardson and Thomas J. Wilbanks -- Epilogue / Jack Dangermond.