Urbicide : the politics of urban destruction / Martin Coward.

Author
Coward, Martin, 1973- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
1st ed.
Published/​Created
London ; New York : Routledge, 2009.
Description
xiv, 161 pages ; 25 cm.

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    Developing the concept of urbicide - the deliberate destruction of cities - Martin Coward outlines a theoretical understanding of the urban condition at stake in such violence. He argues that it is necessary to address the widespread and deliberate destruction of buildings as a distinct form of political violence.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (p. [147]-155) and index.
    Contents
    • Introduction: The destruction of shared space
    • 1. Interpreting destruction of the built environment
    • 2. The logic of urbicide
    • 3. The built environment and shared spatiality
    • 4. The nature of heterogeneity: From Mitsein to the inoperative community
    • 5. The political stakes of urbicide
    • 6. The conceptual stakes of urbicide.
    ISBN
    • 9780415461313 ((hardback ; : alk. paper))
    • 0415461316 ((hardback ; : alk. paper))
    • 9780203890639 ((ebook))
    • 0203890639 ((ebook))
    • 9780415573566
    • 0415573564
    LCCN
    2008012781
    OCLC
    179814569
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