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The Everyday Resilience of the City J. Coaffee

The Everyday Resilience of the City By J. Coaffee

The Everyday Resilience of the City by J. Coaffee


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This book examines the practice of urban resilience past and present, drawing on deeper global historical sources and detailed case-studies of contemporary Britain. It argues that resilience is neither new nor necessarily about protecting ordinary people, but part of a long struggle over the control of cities.

The Everyday Resilience of the City Summary

The Everyday Resilience of the City: How Cities Respond to Terrorism and Disaster by J. Coaffee

This book examines the practice of urban resilience past and present, drawing on deeper global historical sources and detailed case-studies of contemporary Britain. It argues that resilience is neither new nor necessarily about protecting ordinary people, but part of a long struggle over the control of cities.

About J. Coaffee

JON COAFFEE is a Senior Lecturer in Spatial Planning and Urban Regeneration in the Centre for Urban Policy Studies at the University of Manchester, UK. He has published widely on issues related to the social and economic future of cities and especially the impact of terrorism on the functioning and management of urban areas.

DAVID MURAKAMI WOOD is a Lecturer at the Global Urban Research Unit, School of Architecture Planning and Landscape, Newcastle University, UK. He works mainly on surveillance and the city, and is a founder and Managing Editor of the journal, Surveillance& Society, and a founder and trustee of the Surveillance Studies Network.

PETER ROGERS is a Lecturer in the Sociology of Law at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. He founded the British Sociological Association Urban Theory and Research Study Group and has sat on the BSA Council. He has published primarily in the themes of urban security, civil contingencies and terrorism; and minority participation; citizenship and democracy.

Table of Contents

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

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NPB9780230546738
9780230546738
0230546730
The Everyday Resilience of the City: How Cities Respond to Terrorism and Disaster by J. Coaffee
New
Hardback
Palgrave Macmillan
2008-11-14
341
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