SGER: The Geographical Dimensions of Terrorism: A Research Agenda for the Discipline

2001年9月11日，对世界贸易中心和五角大楼的恐怖袭击引发了对恐怖主义脆弱性的性质以及对环境，生物，化学和恐怖主义安全威胁的社会反应的更普遍性质的直接和长期关注。 随着不同的科学界对恐怖主义袭击和随后通过邮件传播炭疽所揭示的“新现实”进行评估，地理学家们已经确定了一系列广泛的方法，他们可以通过这些方法帮助加深对恐怖主义的原因、后果和应对措施的理解。 这项探索性研究小额赠款将通过两组相关活动，扩大对恐怖主义相关研究的地理层面的审查。 首先，来自纽约城市大学亨特学院、科罗拉多大学丹佛分校和南卡罗来纳州大学的师生将开展一个试点项目，评估地理信息在应急管理和应对世贸中心袭击中的作用和效用。 这一试点研究将简要总结关于在灾害应对中使用地理技术的知识基础以及迄今为止学到的知识。 它将评价当地在提供空间数据以支持救援、救济和恢复工作方面的经验;它还将包括在灾害发生后的头三个星期内，对立即反应阶段使用地理技术的情况进行更广泛的调查。将使用基于网络的来源、媒体账户和个人访谈的组合来收集必要的数据。 该项目的第二部分将包括在2001年底或2002年初举办一个讲习班，以拟订一个关于恐怖主义地理方面的更实质性的研究议程。 利用试点研究作为讨论的背景，与会者通过他们现有的研究和研讨会组织者评估的意见书确定将制定一个总体研究议程，提供一套明确的重点研究主题，需求和任务。 该议程将向地理研究界和有关学科广泛散发。 工作坊的成果包括：出版一本有关工作坊资料的书籍或文章、建立多机构研究合作组织，以及加强有关学科的研究基础设施，以应付重要的公共政策需要和问题。 试点研究将整合有关如何使用地理信息技术应对9月11日袭击的知识，并将解决与预测和应对灾难性事件有关的更广泛的问题。 研讨会将提供一个论坛，为发展一个更充分阐述的研究议程，这将是一个设置，以刺激学术研究人员，私营部门的从业人员，和联邦，州和地方政府官员之间的对话。 由此产生的议程和扩大的网络应促进地理学家的能力，以应对这一紧迫的国家关注。

The September 11,2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon prompted immediate and longer-term concerns about the nature of vulnerabilities to terrorism and the more general nature of societal responses to environmental, biological, chemical, and terrorist security threats. As different scientific communities have assessed the "new realities" revealed by the terrorist attacks and subsequent promulgation of anthrax through the mails, geographers have identified a broad range of ways in which they can contribute to deeper understandings of the causes, consequences, and responses to terrorism. This Small Grant for Exploratory Research will expand the examination of geographic dimensions of terrorism-related research through two related sets of activities. First, faculty and students from Hunter College of the City University of New York, the University of Colorado-Denver, and the University of South Carolina will conduct a pilot project to assess the role and utility of geographic information in emergency management and response to the World Trade Center attack. This pilot study will briefly summarize the knowledge base on the use of geographic technology in hazards response and what has been learned to date. It will evaluate local experiences in providing spatial data in support of rescue, relief, and recovery efforts; and it will include a broader survey on the use of geographical technologies during the immediate-response phase for the first three weeks following the disaster. A combination of web-based sources, media accounts, and personal interviews will be used to gather the necessary data. The second part of this project will include the conduct of a workshop during late 2001 or early 2002 to formulate a more substantive research agenda on the geographical dimensions of terrorism. Using the pilot study as a backdrop for discussion, participants identified through their extant research and from submissions evaluated by workshop organizers will develop a general research agenda that provides a clearly focused set of research themes, needs, and tasks. The agenda will be widely disseminated to the geographic research community and to related disciplines. The outcomes of the workshop include: a published book or article on the material prepared for the workshop, establishment of multi-institutional research collaboratives, and the enhancement of the research infrastructure of the discipline to address important public policy needs and issues.This project will have both immediate and longer-term benefits. The pilot study will coalesce knowledge about the ways that geographic information technologies were used in response to the September 11 attacks, and it will address wider-ranging issues associated with the anticipation of and responses to cataclysmic events. Th workshop will provide a forum for the development of a more fully articulated research agenda, and it will be a setting to stimulate dialogue among academic researchers, private-sector practitioners, and federal, state, and local government officials. The resulting agenda and expanded networks should facilitate the capabilities of geographers to respond to this pressing national concern.