Cities, War, and Terrorism: Towards an Urban GeopoliticsISBN: 978-1-4051-1574-2
Hardcover
412 pages
December 2004, Wiley-Blackwell
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"Cities, War and Terrorism is a rare accomplishment. Bringing
together a truly interdisciplinary group of authors, it provides
the first, original investigation of the urbanisation of modern
conflict. In their plural ways and myriad sites, the essays in this
book investigate the changing nature of the contemporary
battlespace and the implosion of distinctions between inside and
outside, civilian and military. Together, they mark the beginning
of a new and vital field of analysis – an urban geopolitics
– that must concern us all." David Campbell, University of
Durham
"Acts of war and terror against cities and their inhabitants
(both anti-state and state sanctioned) are saturating our
contemporary world. Yet urban researchers are in denial of this
starkest of contemporary urban realities. Graham brings together
the renegade thinkers and researchers who are tracking the ways in
which global geopolitics is imploding into the urban world. Cities,
War and Terrorism is a stunningly successful synthesis of the
subtle interpenetration of global geopolitics and the
micro-politics of cities and neighborhoods. It marks the beginning
of a new and crucial research domain: that of urban geopolitics.
This book must, and will, change the way urban researchers and
planners think about and explore city regions. It helps to make
sense of the ways in which the historic functions of cities and
nation states (social welfare, education, health, planning) are
being overwhelmed by the imperative of 'security' and the politics
of fear. Purposely provocative and deeply disturbing." Leonie
Sandercock, University of British Columbia
"Graham’s anger at the appropriation of the events of
9/11, simmering beneath the surface of his general introduction,
contributes to a strong sense of editorial passion and involvement.
This volume provides a fascinating, and immensely broad-ranging,
call to understand the complex inter-relationships between
geopolitical forces and those resilient urban lives."
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