Complex terrain : megacities and the changing character of urban combat / edited by Benjamin M. Jensen, Henrik Breitenbauch, Brandon Valeriano.

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

Jensen, Benjamin M., editor.

Breitenbauch, Henrik, editor.

Valeriano, Brandon, editor.

Marine Corps University (U.S.). Press, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Urban warfare.

Urban warfare--History--21st century--Case studies.

Metropolitan areas--Strategic aspects.

Metropolitan areas.

Cities and towns--Growth--Strategic aspects.

Cities and towns.

Integrated operations (Military science).

Genre:

Case studies.

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 377 pages) : illustrations

Other Title:

Megacities and the changing character of urban combat

Cover subtitle: Megacities and the changing character of urban operations

Place of Publication:

Quantico, Virginia : MCUP, Marine Corps University Press, 2019.

Summary:

"This book explores military operations, including indirect support to other interagency actors and functions in dense urban terrain and megacities. Dense urban terrain describes urban areas with high population densities that, in the developing world, often outstrip the capacity of local governance systems to exert formal control. The term megacity describes a city with a population of 10 million or more. These environments define patterns of human settlement. In 1950, only 30 percent of the world's population lived in cities compared to more than 55 percent in 2018. Much of this growth is concentrated in large, urban centers that connect a global flow of goods and ideas. By 2030, there will be more than 40 of these megacities"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Third World megacities : an illusion of control / Muhammad Maooz Akrama

Territorialization of the megacity : exploiting social borders / Alexandra V. Gerbracht

The 2008 Battle of Sadr City : implications for future urban combat / David E. Johnson and M. Wade Markel

ISIL's territorial logic of urban control in Mosul and al-Raqqah : city as a system analytical framework / Erin Simpson

Coordinating chaos : integrating capabilities in future urban conflict / Robert D. Barbaree III

Distributed influence: enabling maneuver in a megacity / Jonathon T. Frerichs / Joint combined arms maneuver in the megacity: learning to thrive in chaos / Geoffrey B. Lynch

Cyberspace in the megacity : thickening the fog of war? / Joseph I. Farina

Take it, don't break it : a megacity concept of operations / Colleen Borley

Symbiotic warfare : resource competition and conflict / Christina L. Manning

Air domain dominance in a megacity / Nathan J. Storm

Virtual resistance networks : enabling and protecting electronic information flows in the megacity / Colin R. Relihan

The city prism : a triangle of urban military operations / Henrik Breitenbauch, Mark Winther, and Mikkel Broen Jakobsen

Conclusion / Benjamin Jensen.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (MCUP website, viewed Nov. 7, 2019).

Other Format:

Print version: Complex terrain

OCLC:

1126789746