GLOBAL CITIES AS AN OBJECT FOR TERRORIST ATTACKS
Maksym PLAKHOTNIK
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine
Abstract:
This paper considers the so-called global cities as a potential target for terrorist attacks, including acts of international terrorism. It analyzes statistical information on significant and major terrorist incidents over the period 1970-2013. The article reveals some patterns of their distribution. The article explores the possible factors of terrorism in the world's most important cities under the conditions of globalization.
Key words:
world cities, terrorism, international terrorism, globalization
Language:
Ukrainian
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17721/2413-7154/2014.70.157-165
Suggested citation: Plakhotnik, M. (2014). World cities as an object for terrorist attacks. Ekonomichna ta Sotsialna Geografiya, 70, 157-165 (in Ukrainian, abstr. in English), https://doi.org/10.17721/2413-7154/2014.70.157-165.
Print ISSN: 2413-7154. Online ISSN: 2413-7553
