The Resilient City: How Modern Cities Recover from Disaster
"...through the depth of the essays collected within it,The Resilient Cityfar surpasses previous edited volumes on urban reconstruction."--H-NET"Cities, like people, often show their deepest character under terrifying stress. This book brings together histories of fire, earthquake, terrorism, and war to demonstrate that the most traumatic urban disasters can then become the most dramatic urban recoveries. These horrifying and inspiring analyses reveal the resilient essence of urbanism itself."--Robert Fishman, Taubman College of Architecture and Planning, University of Michigan"A fascinating collection."--Sir Peter Hall, author ofCities in Civilization"If you are looking for an antidote to the depressing faree typical of the disaster literature, pick upThe Resilient City... The book is also commendable for its vast geographic reach and long temporal arc, and for drawing from a variety of disciplines..."--Ari Kelman,Technology and Culture