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The everyday resilience of the city : how cities respond to terrorism and disaster / Jon Coaffee, David Murakami Wood and Peter Rogers.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: New security challenges seriesPublisher: Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009Description: xi, 330 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780230546738 (hbk)
  • 0230546730 (hbk)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HT166 C528 2009
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 -- Local resilience planning -- Urban resilience and everyday life -- Security is coming home.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Book Book UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة HT166 C528 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) C.1 Library Use Only | داخل المكتبة فقط 30010000130775
Book Book UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة HT166 C528 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) C.2 Available 30010000130821
Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-304) and index.

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 -- Local resilience planning -- Urban resilience and everyday life -- Security is coming home.

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