Terrorism, Risk and the City
Subtitle: The Making of a Contemporary Urban Landscape
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Published: November 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 282
ISBN-13: 9780754635550
Subjects: Defence strategy, planning & research; Terrorism, freedom fighters, armed struggle; Urban communities; Terrorism; Public Policy - City Planning & Urban Dev.; London; Social Science; Politics / Current Events; Sociology; London, Greater London; Public buildings; Human Geography; City planning; England; Prevention; Security measures
First sentence: It has recently been argued by many commentators that since the 9/11 attacks on New York and Washington the fortification and militarisation of the city has proceeded at an unparalleled pace (Davis, 2001; Light, 2002; Swanstrom, 2002).