ABSTRACT
Bioterrorism is a concern that is intrinsically geographic because its expressions are locationally specific. It happens because agents are released at particular locations, spread by particular spatial systems, and have their effect in particular regions. Research traditions in geography such as medical geography, and those related to such cross-disciplinary fields such as epidemiology, ecology, and agriculture have been valuable in analyzing public health issues (such as HIV/AIDS) (Gould 1993) and ecological health issues (such as foot and mouth disease) that are in some ways analogues for the effects of terrorism.
