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Cities in a time of terror : space, territory, and local resilience / H.V. Savitch.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Savitch, H. V., author.
- Series:
- Cities and contemporary society.
- Cities and contemporary society
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Terrorism.
- Urban violence.
- Cities and towns.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xviii, 267 pages) : illustrations, maps.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Written by a well-known expert in the field, this book draws on data from more than a thousand cities across the globe to trace the evolution of urban terrorism from 1968 to 2006. It also discusses local resilience--a city's capacity to bounce back from terrorist attack--and suggests how that can be sustained.
- Contents:
- Sketching urban terrorism
- The evolution of urban terrorism
- The fear factor
- Terror's spaces : identity, haunts, and nodes
- Decontrolling territory
- Surveillance and shrinkage
- Sustaining local resilience
- Restoring a self-affirming city.
- Notes:
- First published 2008 by M.E. Sharpe.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-237) and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9786612119408
- 9781317474555
- 1317474554
- 9781315705675
- 1315705672
- 9781317474562
- 1317474562
- 9781282119406
- 1282119400
- 9780765621115
- 0765621118
- OCLC:
- 435747664
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