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Urban Security: Protecting citizens in large urban areas

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In 2007, for the first time, more than half of the world's population lived in urban areas. Thales has been helping ensure the security of people in megacities around the globe for over 15 years.

Improving homeland security and protecting citizens in large urban areas
In 2007, for the first time, more than half of the world's population lived in urban areas. This unprecedented shift will increase in the years ahead. Thales has been helping ensure the security of people in megacities around the globe for over 15 years. As a leader in mission critical systems and services, Thales draws on this experience to put together intelligent and integrated security solutions that meet the dual challenge of protecting the public and delivering government services so that citizens can live better together in the 21st century.
Thales's innovative approach goes beyond simply installing control and surveillance equipment. Instead, we offer a comprehensive urban security concept covering a broad range of threats, including industrial and natural disasters, social unrest and terrorist attacks.

Facilitating decision-making and responsiveness
Thales solutions are based on the principle of implementing integrated systems for managing incidents and coordinating the response of emergency services (police, fire and ambulance services, private operators, etc.). These systems enable everyone involved to share, exchange and converge information from multiple sources via an integrated operation control centre, which analyses the data gathered and provides valuable decision support, especially regarding the flow of people.

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Thales solutions are helping to ensure the security of millions of citizens around the world:
- Managing 10,000 special events each year in one of Europe's largest capital cities.
- Protecting the lives of four million pilgrims each year in Muslim holy places in the Middle East.
- Ensuring public safety & security for the 4.5 million citizens of an Asian capital city.
- Managing responses to 10,000 public safety incidents a day in a major South American city.
- Providing accreditation and security access control for a major political event in Australia.