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Cities in a time of terror : space, territory, and local resilience /
Draws on data from numerous cities across the globe and traces the evolution of urban terrorism between 1968 and 2006. Explains what kinds of cities have become prime targets, why terrorism has become increasingly lethal, and how its inspiration has changed from secular to religious.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Armonk, N.Y. :
M.E. Sharpe,
©2008.
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| Colección: | Cities and contemporary society.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.