newly come natural disasters and acts of terrorism have focused the nation's attention onward emergency preparedness.

newly come natural disasters and acts of terrorism have focused the nation's attention onward emergency preparedness. Severe weather, riots and bombings can challenge the ability of public officials to maintain order and services while preserving lives and possessions

In May 1998 the White House issued directives ordering the strengthening of the nation's defense against emerging terrorist threats to the United States. As a spring a number of research brews were launched. The resulting data generated are now being used to simulate and evaluate the nation's turn of events response capacity. Important insights can be gained.

The evaluation involves the use of computer gauges The Urban Security Project, whose research is partly careered by Los Alamos National Laboratory, is developing modeling tools that can assess the reply of an urban system to changes in the physical environment, sociopolitical setting, and the economy.

The prototype seeks: - to simulate the interdependent relations