Assessing the Potential of a Terrorist Attack at the Sub-national Level: An Option of Local Governments

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60162694%3AG42__%2F26%3A00566055" target="_blank" >RIV/60162694:G42__/26:00566055 - isvavai.cz</a>

Alternative codes found

RIV/00216224:14230/25:00142861 RIV/00216275:25410/25:39922942

Result on the web

<a href="https://politickevedy.fpvmv.umb.sk/29806/assessing-the-potential-of-a-terrorist-attack-at-the-sub-national-level-an-option-of-local-governme" target="_blank" >https://politickevedy.fpvmv.umb.sk/29806/assessing-the-potential-of-a-terrorist-attack-at-the-sub-national-level-an-option-of-local-governme</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.24040/politickevedy.2025.28.2.37-58" target="_blank" >10.24040/politickevedy.2025.28.2.37-58</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Assessing the Potential of a Terrorist Attack at the Sub-national Level: An Option of Local Governments

Original language description

Terrorist threats in the European Union have increasingly highlighted the vulnerability of critical infrastructure and soft targets, with local governments playing a key role in public safety. The objective of this study was to design and test a simple methodology for assessing terrorist risk at the sub-national level. A two-step model was applied. First, soft targets were identified through qualitative analysis of legislative and scientific sources. Second, geospatial and statistical data were used to evaluate the concentration of these targets and their time-dependent vulnerability. The methodology was tested in the Czech Republic, where municipalities and regions represent a fragmented security environment. The model incorporated endogenous factors such as population size and service capacity, as well as exogenous factors such as tourism intensity. The findings showed that large cities, including Prague and Brno, had the highest risk potential, but smaller municipalities with strong tourism or cultural functions, such as & Ccaron;esk & yacute; Krumlov and spa towns, also reached elevated scores. The study concluded that the proposed model provided a practical and transferable tool for prioritizing protection measures. It offered guidance for municipal and regional authorities and supported European security federalism.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50601 - Political science

Project

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Continuities

V - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z jinych verejnych zdroju

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

POLITICKE VEDY

ISSN

1335-2741

e-ISSN

1338-5623

Volume of the periodical

28

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

SK - SLOVAKIA

Number of pages

23

Pages from-to

37-58

UT code for WoS article

001621643700002

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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