The everyday resilience of the city
Subtitle: how cities respond to terrorism and disaster
By: Jon Coaffee, David Murakami Wood and Peter Rogers.
Contributors: Wood, David Murakami.; Rogers, Peter.
Series: New security challenges series
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 330
ISBN-13: 9780230546738
Subjects: City planning; Terrorism -- Prevention; Public buildings -- Security measures; Crime prevention and architectural design; Emergency management; Natural disasters
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction. Resilience past to present; title: The vulnerable city in history; title: Resilience and social control in the city; title: The threat of total devastation; title: Controlling the risky city; title: The intensification of control : towards urban resilience; title: States of protection and emergency : the rise of resilience; title: The UK national response; title: The UK regional response; title: Resilience and city-regional planning; title: Urban resilience and everyday life; title: Security is coming home.