Economic impact of security measures

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Economic impact of security measures

With the help of security measures it is possible to eliminate the risk of a terrorist or criminal event, or at least reduce the risk. Security measures, however, also generate economic impact, here referred to as the economic impact of security measures. This includes the costs of securing a specific urban object, but also the costs and benefits regarding the secondary impact of security measures.

This is a help page as an introduction to two more detailed pages (see "types of impact of security measures"):

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Relevance

The cost of crime and terrorism mitigation (with the help of security measures) contains the relatively straightforward direct expenditures on capital equipment and operational costs. However, in addition to these operational costs, security measures generate various types of secondary effects that have a lasting impact on the economy of an urban environment. Hence it is relevant for urban planners to have insight in the economic side effects of taken security measures.

Types of impact of security measures

Although largely similar, there are differences in the economic effects of:

Related subjects

The economic impact of security threats are closely related to:

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