The War on Terror and the Normalisation of Urban Security

ISBN-13: 9781138617551 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 308 str.

Jon Coaffee

Opis

This book explores the processes by which the practices of urban security and counter-terrorism have impacted upon the everyday experiences of the Western city.

O autorze

Jon Coaffee is a professor in Urban Geography in the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Warwick, United Kingdom and is an international expert in counter-terrorism, security and urban resilience. His work includes Terrorism, Risk and the City (2003); The Everyday Resilience of the City: How Cities Respond to Terrorism and Disaster (2008); Terrorism, Risk and the Global City – Towards Urban Resilience (2009); Sustaining and Securing the Olympic City (2011); Urban Resilience: Planning for Risk Crisis and Uncertainty (2016); Futureproof (2019) Resilience and Planning: Planning’s Role in Countering Terrorism (2020).