The everyday resilience of the city: how cities respond to terrorism and disaster

This book examines the practice of urban resilience past and present, drawingon deeper global historical sources and detailed case-studies of contemporaryBritain. It argues that resilience is neither new nor necessarily about protecting ordinary people, but part of a long struggle over the control of cities. ÍNDICE: Introduction - The Vulnerable City in History - Resilience and Social Control in the City - The Threat of Total Devastation - Controlling the Risky City - The Intensification of Control: Towards Urban Resilience - States of Protection and Emergency: The Rise of Resilience - The UK National Response - The UK Regional Response - Resilience and City-Regional Planning - Urban Resilience and Everyday Life - Security is Coming Home -

• ISBN: 978-0-230-54673-8
• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 304
• Fecha Publicación: 21/11/2008
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés