Table of Contents

Geospatial Technologies and Homeland Security: An Overview.- Remote Sensing and GIS as Counterterrorism Tools for Homeland Security: The case of Afghanistan.- Economic Impacts of Terrorist Attacks and Natural Disasters: Case Studies of Los Angeles and Houston.- From Crime Analysis to Homeland Security: A Role for Neighborhood Profiling?.- Measuring and Mapping Conflict-Related Deaths and Segregation: Lessons from the Belfast ‘Troubles’.- Internal Security for Communities: A Spatial Analysis of the Effectiveness of Sex Offender Laws.- Remote Sensing-Based Damage Assessment for Homeland Security.- Estimating Flood Damage in Texas Using GIS: Predictors, Consequences, and Policy Implications.- Agent-Based Modeling and Evacuation Planning.- Building Evacuation in Emergencies: A Review and Interpretation of Software for Simulating Pedestrian Egress.- High-Resolution Coastal Elevation Data: The Key to Planning for Storm Surge and Sea Level Rise.- Remote Sensing and GIS Applications for Precision Area-Wide Pest Management: Implications for Homeland Security.- Spatial Epidemiology: Where Have We Come in 150 Years?.- The Role of Geosurveillance and Security in the Politics of Fear.- Mapping the Under-Scrutinized: The West German Census Boycott Movement of 1987 and the Dangers of Information-Based Security.- The Importance of Spatial Thinking in an Uncertain World.- GIS and Homeland Security Education: Creating a Better Tomorrow in our Classrooms Today.- Geospatial Technologies and Homeland Security: Challenges and Opportunities.