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Nadafan M, Nasiri A, Boochani M H, Samadi M. Identifying Drivers of Urban Resilience to Terrorist Attacks: A Systematic Scoping Review. Disaster Prev. Manag. Know. 2026; 16 (1) :2-2
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1- Tehran Municipality Institute of Applied Science and University Lecturer, Tehran, Iran.
2- Department of Health in Accidents and Disasters, Faculty of Public Health, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
3- Department of Urban Planning, Faculty of Art and Architecture, South Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
4- Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Industrial Engineering, Ivan Kay University, Ivan Kay, Iran.
2- Department of Health in Accidents and Disasters, Faculty of Public Health, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
3- Department of Urban Planning, Faculty of Art and Architecture, South Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
4- Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Industrial Engineering, Ivan Kay University, Ivan Kay, Iran.
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Background and Objective: The emergence of new threats of terrorism and the increasing complexity of urban infrastructures highlight the need for more resilient and sustainable systems that are able to cope with these adverse events. The present study, by designing a systematic domain review, while recognizing the dimensions and thematic areas of urban resilience against terrorist threats, presents a map of the thematic structure of studies and seeks to find drivers for strengthening urban resilience in order to rethink urban resilience planning against terrorist threats.
Method: The method of the present study is a combination of bibliometric analysis and content analysis. The bibliometric research was carried out with a systematic domain review framework, so that the search strategy was defined in international (Scopus and Google Scholar) and national (Comprehensive Portal of Humanities, Jihad Daneshgah Scientific Information Center) scientific databases and based on the PRISMA protocol, 34 articles were selected in the final selection stage for the review study. Following a critical review of the articles, the themes were reorganized into topics and their in-depth study was carried out to extract common themes in order to identify the dimensions of urban resilience and drivers of strengthening urban resilience against terrorist threats.
Findings: Based on the qualitative content analysis of the selected articles, 97 themes of strengthening urban resilience against terrorist attacks were extracted. The themes were classified into 34 components and 11 categories as dimensions of urban resilience against terrorist threats. The research findings indicate that the drivers of strengthening resilience in the field of preparedness and response to emergency situations have the highest frequency (20 themes). In the following ranks, respectively, governance and institutional capacity building (13 themes); public awareness and empowerment (11 themes); strengthening urban infrastructure and structures (11 themes); urban control, inspection and supervision (9 themes); innovation and new security technology (7 themes); security principles in urban planning and design (7 themes); information and social communication (6 themes); Health and social welfare (6 themes); Economy and investment (3 themes); and Information management and protection (3 themes). In addition, the abundance of urban resilience drivers in four areas of preventive and protective measures against terrorism (46 drivers), absorption and emergency response to terrorist attacks (11 drivers), recovery after terrorist attacks (7 drivers), and adaptation and adaptation to terrorist threats (36 drivers) were identified and discussed.
Conclusion: Urban resilience drivers against terrorist attacks are a set of coordinated and systematic measures and policies to strengthen the city's capabilities in prevention, counteraction, recovery, and adaptation, which requires a fundamental change in the attitude of policymakers and urban planners regarding the problem of terrorism.
Method: The method of the present study is a combination of bibliometric analysis and content analysis. The bibliometric research was carried out with a systematic domain review framework, so that the search strategy was defined in international (Scopus and Google Scholar) and national (Comprehensive Portal of Humanities, Jihad Daneshgah Scientific Information Center) scientific databases and based on the PRISMA protocol, 34 articles were selected in the final selection stage for the review study. Following a critical review of the articles, the themes were reorganized into topics and their in-depth study was carried out to extract common themes in order to identify the dimensions of urban resilience and drivers of strengthening urban resilience against terrorist threats.
Findings: Based on the qualitative content analysis of the selected articles, 97 themes of strengthening urban resilience against terrorist attacks were extracted. The themes were classified into 34 components and 11 categories as dimensions of urban resilience against terrorist threats. The research findings indicate that the drivers of strengthening resilience in the field of preparedness and response to emergency situations have the highest frequency (20 themes). In the following ranks, respectively, governance and institutional capacity building (13 themes); public awareness and empowerment (11 themes); strengthening urban infrastructure and structures (11 themes); urban control, inspection and supervision (9 themes); innovation and new security technology (7 themes); security principles in urban planning and design (7 themes); information and social communication (6 themes); Health and social welfare (6 themes); Economy and investment (3 themes); and Information management and protection (3 themes). In addition, the abundance of urban resilience drivers in four areas of preventive and protective measures against terrorism (46 drivers), absorption and emergency response to terrorist attacks (11 drivers), recovery after terrorist attacks (7 drivers), and adaptation and adaptation to terrorist threats (36 drivers) were identified and discussed.
Conclusion: Urban resilience drivers against terrorist attacks are a set of coordinated and systematic measures and policies to strengthen the city's capabilities in prevention, counteraction, recovery, and adaptation, which requires a fundamental change in the attitude of policymakers and urban planners regarding the problem of terrorism.
Keywords: Urban resilience, urban planning, terrorism threat, terrorist attacks, urban terrorism, counterterrorism.
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Received: 2025/08/12 | Accepted: 2025/09/9 | ePublished: 2026/03/30
Received: 2025/08/12 | Accepted: 2025/09/9 | ePublished: 2026/03/30
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