Thomas Fisher
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- January 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780816698875
- eISBN:
- 9781452954264
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9780816698875.003.0009
- Subject:
- Art, Design
The chapter considers the issue of infrastructure and population protection from terrorism. As terrorists engage in design by seeking out places where infrastructure is most susceptible to attack, ...
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The chapter considers the issue of infrastructure and population protection from terrorism. As terrorists engage in design by seeking out places where infrastructure is most susceptible to attack, defeating them requires learning from them, observing where they focus their attention, and outsmarting them by discovering vulnerabilities before they do. The author argues for the value of abductive thinking in avoiding potential threats as well as envisioning possible futuresLess
The chapter considers the issue of infrastructure and population protection from terrorism. As terrorists engage in design by seeking out places where infrastructure is most susceptible to attack, defeating them requires learning from them, observing where they focus their attention, and outsmarting them by discovering vulnerabilities before they do. The author argues for the value of abductive thinking in avoiding potential threats as well as envisioning possible futures
