Analyzing Transportation and Communication Lifeline Vulnerability

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5.3 Transportation and Communication Lifeline Disruption Harvey J. Miller Department of Geography University of Utah S. L. Cutter, D. B. Richardson and T. Wilbanks (eds.) The Geographic Dimensions of Terrorism, in press. One of the many lessons from 9/11 is that terrorism is not just about terror. Terrorism is also an attempt to disrupt the daily lives of non-combatants to achieve political objectives. Physical or virtual networks that are vital to health, safety, comfort, and economic activity are called lifelines (Platt 1995).

• lifeline vulnerability
• lifeline disruptions time
• spatial decision support system
• data needs
• stationary activity time
• accessibility
• space
• transportation
• time