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2.Where have the majority of terrorist attacks in between 2013-2017 are similarly located in those Vulnerability to Radicalization in Terrorist Attacks in France, 2013-2017 France occurred between 2013-2017? areas. The main limitation is that INSEE, France’s France, 2015 3.What is the average distance between terrorist national statistics agency, does not have data for all of attacks in France (2013-2017) and the communes the communes. Also, literature on terrorism does point most vulnerable to radicalization? to any conclusive factors of radicalization, so there may be better factors to examine than those METHODOLOGY considered in this analysis.

This project uses a vulnerability analysis to determine Despite the clustering of vulnerable communes near which communes in France are the most vulnerable to attack locations, there is no correlation between a radicalization. The factors that figure into the commune’s vulnerability level and its average distance vulnerability analysis include the following: percentage to the nearest terrorist attack (R2 is nearly zero). In of male population, percentage of foreign population, fact, communes with a very low vulnerability to percentage of immigrant population, percentage of radicalization appear to be the closest, but that is likely population aged 25-54, percentage of population due to the extremely small sample size. without a university degree, percentage of Average Distance to Commune unemployed population, and median household CONCLUSIONS Nearest Terrorist Vulnerability Level income in euros. The age and education variables Attack (Meters) Because the vulnerable communes appear to visually were weighted at 0.5, whereas the other variables Very Low 48,952 align with the locations of terrorist attacks in France, were weighted at 1. Low 57,862

but the data do not corroborate that correlation, the Somewhat Low 61,689 To conduct the proximity analysis, the Euclidean next step would be to conduct a cluster analysis. A Medium 63,879 distance tool was used to calculate a distance raster cluster analysis would look at the density of vulnerable Somewhat High 64,417 INTRODUCTION High 61,004 between the center of each commune and the point communes in relation to the attack locations, and may This project identifies the spatial relationship between Very High 50,773 location of the nearest terrorist attack. The Zonal offer more insight into the true spatial relationship areas in France that are vulnerable to radicalization to France (Nationwide Statistics as Table tool provided the distance statistics. between terrorist attacks and vulnerable areas. 61,879 terrorism (by commune, or the 05 Level) and Average) communes with the most attacks. Understanding FINDINGS AND LIMITATIONS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION which parts of France are most vulnerable to The vulnerability analysis indicates that the most Cartographer: Chloe Logan radicalization will allow authorities to concentrate vulnerable communes are located in metropolitan counterterrorism and counter-extremism efforts in a Class: DHP P207: GIS for International , in the Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes Applications more targeted, proactive, and effective manner. region (in the southwestern quadrant of the country), Date: December 15, 2018 (fall 2018) The following spatial questions are addressed: on the west coast of the Brittany region, along the Sources: ESRI, INSEE, OpenStreetMap France, 1.Which communes in France are most vulnerable to French Riviera, and along the eastern coast of the START Global Terrorism Database island of Corsica. The majority of terrorist attacks radicalization? Projection: WGS 1984 UTM Zone 31N

Male Population in France, 2015 Foreign Population in France, 2015 Immigrants in France, 2015 Population in France by Age, 2015 Education Levels in France, 2015 Unemployment in France, 2015 Income in France, 2015