Knoema.com - Terrorism http://pt.knoema.com 2022-04-06T17:43:23Z /favicon.png Knoema é o seu caminho pessoal do conhecimento Terrorist Attacks | Data Source Highlight //pt.knoema.com/gubcapb/terrorist-attacks-data-source-highlight 2022-04-06T17:43:23Z Alex Kulikov pt.knoema.com://pt.knoema.com/user/1847910
Terrorist Attacks | Data Source Highlight

Knoema developed this special visualization series to highlight the variety of sources available to track and examine trends in various types of conflict and terrorism-related violence worldwide. Combined with traditional macroeconomic and sociodemographic information and even new indicators for social unrest and transformation, social scientists to security analysts to the average informed citizens now have easier and more reliable access to this valuable data type than ever before. At the bottom of each page, we offer live links to featured and additional conflict datasources. As always, each dataset includes links to the original data source so that you can learn more about the methodology used by sources to collect, verify, and categorize conflict information. Armed Conflicts | Political Conflicts | Terrorist Attacks Featured conflict data source: The Global Terrorism Database Definitions:A terrorist attack is the threatened or actual use of illegal force and violence by a non-state actor to attain a political, economic, religious, or social goal through fear, coercion, or intimidation. A bombing/explosion is an attack in which the primary effects are caused by an energetically unstable material undergoing rapid decomposition and releasing a pressure wave that causes physical damage to the surrounding environment.An armed assault is an attack whose primary objective is to cause physical harm or death directly to human beings by use of a firearm, incendiary, or sharp instrument.  An assassination is a act whose primary objective is to kill one or more specific, prominent individuals. Hostage taking (or, kidnapping) is an act whose primary objective is to take control of hostages for the purpose of achieving a political objective through concessions or through disruption of normal operations.

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Did the World Become Safer in 2016? //pt.knoema.com/qtvdkld/did-the-world-become-safer-in-2016 2021-04-06T07:52:42Z Alex Kulikov pt.knoema.com://pt.knoema.com/user/1847910
Did the World Become Safer in 2016?

News headlines around the world inundate us with stories about terrorism, conflict, social unrest, plane crashes, natural disasters, global economic crises and more, always more. One might even think that 2016 was the worst year ever for humanity. But, was it? At Knoema, we let the data speak for itself. We have collected the most frequently updated and the most up-to-date statistics from reliable sources to take a practical view of the state of the world and how it has changed over the last year. By at least some measures, the world ended 2016 better than it ended 2015, with at least one notable exception.   Pakistan. We do not yet know if the total number of fatalities globally from terrorism decreased during 2016 because the only comprehensive database on terrorism - Global Terrorism Database - has not released 2016 data. What we do know is that the number of people internally displaced globally due to conflicts decreased by nearly 60 percent last year. In 2015, conflict displaced 7 million people globally; in 2016, this figure dropped to 3 million, according to the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre.  We also know that the Middle East and North Africa combined account for roughly half of all fatalities from terrorism globally. A review of data from just one country in this region, Pakistan—one of the world’s worst terrorism affected countries—shows reason for hope. Data from the South Asia Terrorism Portal suggests that the number of people killed by terrorists in Pakistan decreased by more than 50 percent in 2016 compared to 2015, shrinking from 3,682 to 1,803 total deaths.   Africa, Asia and Europe. The number of battle-related deaths in Africa and Asia decreased significantly in 2016 compared to the previous year. Data from the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data project—commonly known as ACLED—indicates that the number of fatalities in armed conflicts in Africa continued to decrease in 2016, with total fatalities falling 18 percent from 36,000 to 29,000 deaths. In 2016, there were several violent and deadly terrorist attacks in Europe, including July's Bastille Day attack in Nice, France, which generated extensive news coverage and social responses globally. That said, in 2015, terrorism-related fatalities in Western Europe constituted less than 0.5 percent of the total number of fatalities globally from terrorist attacks.   Police Shootings in the US. Last year, the media spotlight and the US presidential campaign highlighted serious social tensions over police shootings in the US, especially those involving black Americans. Data reveals, however, that the total number of people killed by police in the United States last year decreased slightly from 991 people in 2015 to 963 in 2016.   Plane Crashes Around the World. During 2016, the world experienced several heartbreaking aviation accidents, such as: the crash of the Russian Defense Ministry TU-154 into the Black Sea that killed all 92 passengers on board; the loss of 71 people—including 19 members of a Brazilian soccer team—to the LaMia Flight CP2933 crash in Colombia; and, the Egyptair Flight 804 crash into the Mediterranean Sea that claimed 66 lives. And, yet, stepping away from the headlines, we discover that fatalities from plane crashes decreased last year by 30 percent, from 898 total fatalities to 629, according to the Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives.   Mass Shootings in the US.  Now we arrive at the notable exception: mass shootings in the United States. The number of people killed in this category of violent crime rose by 25 percent last year from 367 in 2015 to 458 in 2016, according to the Gun Violence Archive. Few are likely surprised by this finding. In 2016, the world witnessed the deadly mass shooting in Orlando, Florida, that claimed 50 lives and wounded 53 others; the attack in Piketon, Ohio, which killed eight, and so many more.

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Forcibly Displaced People Worldwide | In Focus //pt.knoema.com/pxobwjb/forcibly-displaced-people-worldwide-in-focus 2019-12-27T17:27:47Z Alex Kulikov pt.knoema.com://pt.knoema.com/user/1847910
Forcibly Displaced People Worldwide | In Focus

The thousands of people fleeing their homes globally in search of safety have received more policy and media attention recently. There is a critical distinction between refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) and the humanitarian not to mention economic and political consequences of each.Refugees. This is the population fleeing their home countries where violence is raging to other countries in search of protection and assistance. Globally we have witnessed accelerated growth in the flow of refugees in recent years. During 2014, the refugee flow grew by almost a quarter reaching 14.4 million persons. Unfortunately, this group only represents the tip of the iceberg.Internally displaced persons. The vast majority of people cannot leave their countries and struggle to survive without assistance in subhuman conditions as what is termed 'internally displaced persons'. These people typically fall through the cracks compared to refugees because they are out of reach of the media spotlight and humanitarian agencies. Today there are twice as many IDPs as refugees worldwide, which represents 27.8 million people in 127 countries, or roughly the total population of Mozambique. Conflict and violence are not the only reasons why people are uprooted. Natural and man-made disasters actually represent a more serious threat. During 2015, disasters displaced nearly 19.2 million people across 113 countries, while conflict and violence accounted for 8.5 million in 28 countries, less than a half the number who fled disasters.Every region of the world was affected by disasters in 2015. Asia dominated in terms of absolute figures with the highest numbers being recorded in India, China and Nepal. Nepal was hit the hardest when in April 2015 the Gorkha earthquake killed 8,000 people and displaced as many as 2.6 million.Like disasters, however, no region of the world remained unaffected in terms of conflict-related displacements last year. The increase in IDPs associated with conflict and violence during 2015 was driven primarily by continuing violence across the Middle East. Yemen was most affected: violence displaced 8 percent of the country's population, or 2.2 million persons. This almost seven-fold upsurge from the previous year was largely attributed to the Saudi-led military intervention.  Internal displacement is becoming a heavier development and political challenge and thus also a more devisive issue in terms of local and international policy responses. The difficult reality of the sustained growth in IDPs is complicated by the fact that internal displacement is often protracted as many people remain displaced within their countries for years or even decades. In addition, the triggers of displacement are often not isolated - only disasters or only violence - but interrelated. In Sudan, for example, where displacement was traditionally attributed to conflict, displacement has now been more accurately traced back to food crises caused by drought and environmental degradation.    Explore information related to ongoing armed conflicts and view the variety of conflict and terrorism datasets available through other Viz of the Days from Knoema.

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Estimated Casualties of the Syrian Civil War //pt.knoema.com/zkmmflb/estimated-casualties-of-the-syrian-civil-war 2019-04-11T14:37:22Z Alex Kulikov pt.knoema.com://pt.knoema.com/user/1847910
Estimated Casualties of the Syrian Civil War

May 2016 - The Syrian Civil War is an ongoing multi-sided armed conflict with international interventions taking place in Syria. The unrest began in the early spring of 2011 within the context of the Arab Spring protests as nationwide protests erupted against President Bashar al-Assad's government. Government forces responded with violent crackdowns. The mass protests gradually morphed into an armed rebellion after months of military sieges. The estimated number of deaths in the conflict vary between 150,000 and 360,000 according to opposition activist groups, whereas the United Nations and Arab League Envoy to Syria reports an estimate of 400,000 fatalities as of April 23, 2016. According to the Syrian Revolution Matryr Database, the Syrian opposition website, the total number of fatalities reached 149,007 by the end of February 2016. The leading cause of death is gunshot wound, which caused 36.4% of all fatalities. The most affected governorates are Rif Dimashq (Damascus Countryside) and Aleppo, where 63,421 persons were killed. During the period military intervention, Russian air bombings have claimed lives of 1,097 people, while NATO-led coalition air attacks killed 434 Syrians.

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Incidence of Terrorism Across the World //pt.knoema.com/zxlxdxb/incidence-of-terrorism-across-the-world 2018-10-25T12:09:06Z Nematullah Khan pt.knoema.com://pt.knoema.com/user/1975840
Incidence of Terrorism Across the World

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Global Terrorism Index //pt.knoema.com/zafqchc/global-terrorism-index 2017-12-12T13:39:15Z Alex Kulikov pt.knoema.com://pt.knoema.com/user/1847910
Global Terrorism Index

The Global Terrorism Index (GTI) is a comprehensive study which accounts for the direct and indirect impact of terrorism in 163 countries in terms of its effect on lives lost, injuries, property damage and the psychological aftereffects of terrorism. This study covers 99.6 per cent of the world’s population. It aggregates the most authoritative data source on terrorism today, the Global Terrorism Database (GTD) collated by the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) into a composite score in order to provide an ordinal ranking of nations on the negative impact of terrorism. The GTD is unique in that it consists of systematically and comprehensively coded data on domestic as well as international terrorist incidents and now includes more than 140,000 cases.   Source: Global Terrorism Index, 2016

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Terrorist Attacks in Europe, 2015-2016 | In Focus //pt.knoema.com/ottlllb/terrorist-attacks-in-europe-2015-2016-in-focus 2016-07-07T10:23:47Z Alex Kulikov pt.knoema.com://pt.knoema.com/user/1847910
Terrorist Attacks in Europe, 2015-2016 | In Focus

The reach of terrorism has changed dramatically over the last decade. The simplest review of the statistics in today's Viz of the Day provides perspective on the geography of terrorism then and now:In 2015, 12 countries, spanning five regions of the world - Africa, Europe, the Middle East, and South and Southeast Asia - suffered terrorist attacks that killed at least 50 people in a single event.In contrast, in 2006 only three countries - India, Iraq, and Sri Lanka - suffered losses of 50 or more people in a single terrorist attack.The terrorist attacks in Europe during 2015 and 2016 speak to the attack capability of the Islamic State outside traditional areas of operation, a strength that has grown faster than many expected. The coordinated attacks in Brussels now fit into the realm of the expected from this group, a sad reality that is begging for a solution to rein in violent extremism that knows no borders.______________________________________________________________________________________ Review other information in our recent series on conflict and terrorism:   Terrorist Violence in Pakistan | Militant Groups of Africa | Compilation of Conflict Data Sources  and from prior Viz of the Days: Ongoing Armed Conflicts | Military Strength Ratings | Global Terrorism Maps & Trends

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Terrorist Attacks in Pakistan, 2015-2016 | In Focus //pt.knoema.com/jvdfvtg/terrorist-attacks-in-pakistan-2015-2016-in-focus 2016-04-21T05:47:29Z Alex Kulikov pt.knoema.com://pt.knoema.com/user/1847910
Terrorist Attacks in Pakistan, 2015-2016 | In Focus

Sunday's suicide attack in Lahore has so far claimed at least 72 lives, making it the deadliest single attack the country has suffered in 2015 or 2016, according to data from the South Asia Terrorism Portal. Today's Viz of the Day provides a unique collection of visualizations to support a closer examination of the broader trends in terrorism-related violence in Pakistan. The data below shows that total fatalities from terrorism-related events have declined steadily in Pakistan since 2009, a trend driven in large part by a lower number of terrorists/insurgent deaths and only more recently by reductions in civilian casualties. Total civilian casualties declined 47.2 percent from 2014 to 2015 and by 40.7 percent from 2013 to 2014.  Source note: The South Asia Terrorism Portal complies figures from news reports and these figures are provisional. Values represent total number of victims, including civilians, terrorists and security force personnel, unless otherwise stated. ______________________________________________________________________________________ Review other information in our recent series on conflict and terrorism:   Terrorist Attacks in Europe | Militant Groups of Africa | Compilation of Conflict Data Sources  and from prior Viz of the Days: Ongoing Armed Conflicts | Military Strength Ratings | Global Terrorism Maps & Trends

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Global Terrorism Map and Trends //pt.knoema.com/zodlzzc/global-terrorism-map-and-trends 2016-04-03T22:10:33Z Alex Kulikov pt.knoema.com://pt.knoema.com/user/1847910
Global Terrorism Map and Trends

From 1970 through 2014, terrorists killed more than 310,000 people worldwide and injured another 355,000, according to data from the University of Maryland's Global Terrorism Database. More than half of those fatalities - approximately 170,000 or 55 percent - have occurred since 2000; about 30 percent have occurred since 2010. Every year since and including 2012 has set a new record in total global terrorist attacks (see chart at the bottom of the page) and with these new attacks, we may be witnessing a shift in some longer-term trends in terrorism as groups seek new geographic footholds and more lethal means of seeking their desired outcomes. The most notable long-term trends in terrorist incidents since 1970 have been pronounced shift in the geographic dispersion of attacks as well as the impact of the attacks in terms of injuries and fatalities. The Middle East and North Africa along with South and Southeast Asia have witnessed an increase of terrorism-related incidents and injuries, although Asia experienced a lesser increase in related deaths and injuries. The terrorism incidents in the Middle East and North Africa started a steady upswing in the early 2000s, whereas the data shows that Asia's uptick has been more pronounced since 2008.Sub-Saharan Africa, while a persistently violent region, has grappled with a historically dramatic increase in terrorism-related deaths as Boko Haram and others have become more lethal during the past couple of years. In contrast, there has been a long-term downward trend in terrorism incidents in Europe; that is, until recently. Explore the Global Terrorism Database summary data by selecting the indicator of terrorism activity from above the page and see the trends by selecting a country on the map.

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Terrorist violence in Pakistan //pt.knoema.com/frldzm/terrorist-violence-in-pakistan 2016-03-30T05:37:37Z Alex Kulikov pt.knoema.com://pt.knoema.com/user/1847910
Terrorist violence in Pakistan

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