Title: Using GIS to Overcome
Non-Traditional
Security (NTS) Threats and Challenges
Abstract: Non-traditional
security, often abbreviated as NTS, is a popular but rather ambiguous
concept
within and outside academic circles. The NTS threats and
challenges
are always referred to in the context of human security to focus on the
security
of individuals, societies and groups, which includes criminality,
environmental
degradation – energy, natural disasters, infectious disease and illegal
migration
etc. These threats and challenges are not within the scope of
more
traditional military concerns; these can be facilitated by
non-traditional
security measures; such as applying technological tools to overcome
them.
This paper explores the role of Geographical Information Systems (GIS)
as
a tool to facilitate non-traditional security threats and
challenges.
Authors: Tariq
Rahim Soomro, Ghassan Al-Qaimari, and Hassan Wahba