Abstract
The metro system, which is the symbol of urban civilization, has become the focus of terrorist gangs and terrorists in creating terrorist incidents currently. This article counts 19 typical metro violent incidents that have taken place in the world since 2001, and analyzes the characteristics of the metro violent incidents in terms of attacking methods, attacking tactics, attacking locations and attacking time. Based on the theory of emergency management life cycle, we construct an emergency capability assessment index system of metro violent incidents, which includes terrorism prevention capability, terrorism dealing capability and terrorism resilience capability.
Highlights
Urban metro has become an important means of transportation for modern urban residents and become the pulse of the development of a city because it is not easy to cause traffic congestion, large passenger load, fast speed, wide coverage of lines, and so on
The main conclusions of the paper are as follows: 1) By studying the relevant achievements in the field of anti-terrorism at home and abroad in the area of metropolitan anti-terrorism, it is found that the research on anti-terrorism and anti-terrorism in urban metro in China is still at a preliminary stage
There is a vague definition of the concept of metro violent incidents, and countermeasures against terrorism are not practical, metro anti-terrorism security technology and the metro emergency capacity assessment is not systematic enough
Summary
Urban metro has become an important means of transportation for modern urban residents and become the pulse of the development of a city because it is not easy to cause traffic congestion, large passenger load, fast speed, wide coverage of lines, and so on. Since 2001, a total of 19 typical metro violent terrorist incidents occurred around the world, resulting in that about 525 people were killed and 2951 injured. Violent terrorist attacks have become a major threat to the safety of urban metro. In the current perspective of risk society, the cultivation and promotion of emergency response ability is undoubtedly the key to effectively prevent and respond to metro violent terrorist incidents. The establishment of metro emergency response assessment system can provide an effective tool and uniform standard for evaluating the emergency capability of metro violent and terrorist incidents, and make clear the advantages and disadvantages of the relevant responsibility groups in the metro emergency management system, which has important scientific value and practical significance (Lu & Peng, 2012)
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