Security of Large Urban Centres

• Autorzy: Szczurek, Tadeusz , Bryczek-Wróbel, Patrycja

Abstrakty

EN

One of the processes characterising the changes in the modern world is the intense urbanisation of public space. Generally speaking, this is manifested through an increase in the urban population rate in a given area. From the point of view of the security of large urban centres, the most important issue is the growing concentration of population in the current area. However it is equally important to ensure security in the context of its spatial development, i.e. in an ever-expanding zone that creates an agglomeration. When seen like this, urbanisation is associated with significant challenges for the institutions responsible for security both in quantitative and qualitative terms. Modifications of security systems for large urban areas forming the agglomerations should take into account all of the following: demographic, economic, and socio-cultural factors, and, finally, the changes in the lifestyle of the inhabitants of these agglomerations. While searching for directions of institutional and functional changes for security systems, it seems important to characterise contemporary agglomerations, and to identify common features and define the most serious threats. These common features are primarily high population density and infrastructure concentration, including critical infrastructure systems. The threats resulting from this are primarily threats to public order and security, as well as terrorist threats, and, in the area of technical functioning of the agglomeration, a widespread power failure, a so-called ‘blackout’, resulting in an avalanche of secondary hazards. These threats seem to be a direct consequence of the metropolitan nature of the region where they occur.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

urban agglomeration; internal security; critical infrastructure threat; crisis management

• Wydawca: Akademia Policji w Szczytnie
• Czasopismo: Internal Security
• Rocznik: 2017
• Tom: 9(2)
• Strony: 61-79

Daty

wydano

2018-07-04

Twórcy

autor

Szczurek, Tadeusz

autor

Bryczek-Wróbel, Patrycja

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.5604/01.3001.0012.1703