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Cities in a Time of Terror : Space, Territory, and Local Resilience.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2007Copyright date: ©2008Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (292 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781317474562
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Cities in a Time of Terror: Space, Territory, and Local ResilienceDDC classification:
  • 363.325091732
LOC classification:
  • HV6431 -- .S29 2008eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part 1. Background and Theory -- 1. Sketching Urban Terrorism -- 2. The Evolution of Urban Terrorism -- 3. The Fear Factor -- Part 2. The Geospatial Features of Urban Terrorism -- 4. Terror's Spaces: Identity, Haunts, and Nodes -- 5. Decontrolling Territory -- Part 3. Policy Responses and Local Resilience -- 6. Surveillance and Shrinkage -- 7. Sustaining Local Resilience -- Part 4. Conclusions -- 8. Restoring a Self-Affirming City -- Appendix -- Notes -- References -- Index -- About the Author.
Summary: Discusses urban terror - its meaning, its ramifications, and its impact on city life. This work explains what kinds of cities have become prime targets, why terrorism has become lethal, and how its inspiration has changed from secular to religious. It also includes a discussion of local resilience, and suggests how that can be sustained.
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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part 1. Background and Theory -- 1. Sketching Urban Terrorism -- 2. The Evolution of Urban Terrorism -- 3. The Fear Factor -- Part 2. The Geospatial Features of Urban Terrorism -- 4. Terror's Spaces: Identity, Haunts, and Nodes -- 5. Decontrolling Territory -- Part 3. Policy Responses and Local Resilience -- 6. Surveillance and Shrinkage -- 7. Sustaining Local Resilience -- Part 4. Conclusions -- 8. Restoring a Self-Affirming City -- Appendix -- Notes -- References -- Index -- About the Author.

Discusses urban terror - its meaning, its ramifications, and its impact on city life. This work explains what kinds of cities have become prime targets, why terrorism has become lethal, and how its inspiration has changed from secular to religious. It also includes a discussion of local resilience, and suggests how that can be sustained.

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