The resilient city [[electronic resource] ] : how modern cities recover from disaster / / [edited by] Lawrence J. Vale and Thomas J. Campanella

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910783689403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005
• ISBN: 0-19-988416-1; 0-19-756224-8; 1-280-42827-9; 0-19-803913-1; 1-60256-521-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (391 p.)
• Collana: Oxford scholarship online
• Altri autori (Persone): ValeLawrence J. <1959->; CampanellaThomas J
• Disciplina: 307.3/416/09
• Soggetti: Urban renewal - History; Disasters - History
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Previously issued in print: 2005.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Contributors; Introduction: The Cities Rise Again; PART I: Narratives of Resilience; 1 Making Progress: Disaster Narratives and the Art of Optimism in Modern America; 2 "The Predicament of Aftermath": Oklahoma City and September 11; 3 The City's End: Past and Present Narratives of New York's Destruction; PART II: The Symbolic Dimensions of Trauma and Recovery; 4 Patriotism and the Reconstruction of Washington, D.C., after the British Invasion of 1814; 5 Double Restoration: Rebuilding Berlin after 1945; 6 Warsaw: Reconstruction as Propaganda; 7 A Delayed Healing: Understanding the Fragmented Resilience of Gernika 8 Resurrecting Jerusalem; PART III: The Politics of Reconstruction; 9 Resilient Tokyo: Disaster and Transformation in the Japanese City; 10 "Resist the Earthquake and Rescue Ourselves": The Reconstruction of Tangshan after the 1976 Earthquake; 11 Reverberations: Mexico City's 1985 Earthquake and the Transformation of the Capital; 12 A Vital Void: Reconstructions of Downtown Beirut; 13 After the Unrest: Ten Years of Rebuilding Los Angeles following the ; Trauma of 1992; 14 Cyborg Agonistes: Disaster and Reconstruction in the Digital Electronic Era Conclusion: Axioms of Resilience; Appendix: Suggestions for Further Reading on Urban Disasters and Recovery; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: For as long as they have existed, cities have been destroyed - sacked, shaken, burnt, bombed, flooded, starved, irradiated and pillaged. In almost every case, they have risen again. Rarely in modern times has a city not been rebuilt following destruction, be it natural or man-made. 'The Resilient City' explores urban disasters from around the globe and the ongoing restoration of urban life.