Disrupted cities [[electronic resource] ] : when infrastructure fails / / edited by Stephen Graham

• Pubblicazione: New York, : Routledge, 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xi, 196 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 363.34
• Soggetto topico: Emergency management; Disasters - Social aspects; Infrastructure (Economics)
• Altri autori: GrahamStephen
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.; "This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2009."--Verso.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 1. When Infrastructures Fail / Stephen Graham -- 2. Managing the Risk of Cascading Failure in Complex Urban Infrastructures / Richard G. Little -- 3. Disoriented City: Infrastructure, Social Order, and the Police Response to Hurricane Katrina / Benjamin Sims -- 4. Power Loss or Blackout: The Electricity Network Collapse of August 2003 in North America / Timothy W. Luke -- 5. Containing Insecurity: Logistic Space, U.S. Port Cities, and the "War on Terror" / Deborah Cowen -- 6. Clogged Cities: Sclerotic Infrastructure / Simon Marvin and Will Medd -- 7. Securitizing Networked Flows: Infectious Diseases and Airports / S. Harris Ali and Roger Keil -- 8. Disruption By Design: Urban Infrastructure and Political Violence / Stephen Graham -- 9. Infrastructure, Interruption, and Inequality: Urban Life in the Global South / Colin McFarlane.
• Titolo autorizzato: Disrupted cities
• ISBN: 1-135-85199-9; 1-282-31537-4; 9786612315374; 0-203-89448-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910778493003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II