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Excerpt from Civil Defense Urban Analysis This manual presents methods and procedures for use by city civil defense organizations in preparing a civil defense urban analysis. An urban analysis is the process of collecting, present ing, analyzing, and utilizing pertinent information about urban areas. Since the primary purpose of a civil defense urban analysis is to provide the tools for undertaking realistic civil defense planning, all pertinent aspects of the city must be considered. Assembling data and presenting the information graphically on maps is only the first step in an urban analysis. The area in which an exploded A-bomb can cause maximum casualties and physical damage must be located. Then a hypothetical attack must be assumed and the damage assessed. From this is deter mined not only the potential casualties but also the potential damage to each urban feature. Next, the physical area of the city must be organized for operations and operational plans developed by the civil defense services. In this manner, the urban analysis can be of practical use rather than as mere reference material to be looked at occasionally before the attack or to be referred to after the attack. The methods and procedures presented here are suggested ones only. Alternate improved methods may be worked out in some instances. Maximum utilization should be made of avail able maps and data in municipal and other public offices and agencies as well as those in private institutions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.