Using Maps to Plug Security Gaps: Fact or Fantasy?

education processes generating the attitude changes needed to produce the editors’ desired, sustainable free world. So will the editors’ ‘‘research and action agenda’’ promote that? Their seven-page statement is somewhat paradoxical, given the balance of the rest of the book. They identify three main research themes: (1) ‘‘Regional/international research and the causes of terrorism,’’(2) ‘‘Vulnerability science and hazards research,’’ and (3) ‘‘Geospatial data and technologies research.’’ The choice of the first theme doesn’t reflect my view expressed above that American geography has become overly technical in recent decades! Their first sentence (p. 223) states that