1st Edition

The Geography of International Terrorism An Introduction to Spaces and Places of Violent Non-State Groups

By Richard M. Medina, George F. Hepner Copyright 2013
258 Pages 62 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

258 Pages
by CRC Press

While geography is not the only factor to shape human behavior, its influence on terrorists’ motivations, behaviors, options, and activities is a primary consideration in understanding terrorism. Taking a different approach than many other books on terrorism, The Geography of International Terrorism: An Introduction to Spaces and Places of Violent Non-State Groups presents an accessible,... Read more

Terrorism and Geography
Terrorism Defined
Context of International Terrorism
Geography, Theories of Space and Place, and Applications to Terrorism Research
Introduction to Geospatial Information for Terrorism and Counterterrorism

Terrorist Networks in Geographic-Social Hybrid Space
Terrorist Networks and Their Organizational Structures
Terrorist Network Flows

The Geography of Terrorism, Cultural Areas, Insurgent Havens and Places of Warfare
Geography of the Imagined Nations
Havens and Places of Warfare

Technologies, Information, and Opportunities for Countering Effects of Terrorism
Geography of cultural identity - Social Science in Counterterrorism

Issues for the Future
Use of Geographic Perspective and Geospatial Intelligence Approach to Support Policy and Programs
Predicting the Next Terrorist Havens

Biography

George Franklin Hepner is Professor and Departmental Chair, Department of Geography at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. He specializes in land resources analysis and management, geographic information science (GIS), geography of terrorism, and remote sensing industry policy and workforce development.

Richard Matthew Medina is Professor, Department of Geography and GeoInformation Science at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. He conducts research on terrorist activity spaces and sociogeographic organizational structures. His recent focus has been on global terrorist networks and activities in Iraq, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Northern Africa, and the United States.