Disrupted cities when infrastructure fails / edited by Stephen Graham.

Other author Graham, Stephen, 1965-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew York : Routledge,
Descriptionxii, 196 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
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Subjects

Contents When infrastructures fail / Stephen Graham -- Managing the risk of cascading failure in complex urban infrastructures / Richard G. Little -- Disoriented city : infrastructure, social order, and the policy response to Hurricane Katrina / Benjamin Sims -- Power loss or blackout : the electricity network collapse of August 2003 in North America / Timothy W. Luke -- Containing insecurity : logistic space, U.S. port cities, and the "war on terror" / Deborah Cowen -- Clogged cities : sclerotic infrastructure / Simon Marvin and Will Medd-- Securitizing networked flows : infectious diseases and airports / S. Harris Ali and Roger Keil -- Disruption by design : urban infrastructure and political violence / Stephen Graham -- Infrastructure, interruption, and inequality : urban life in the global south / Colin McFarlane.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
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LCCN 2009009663
ISBN9780415991780 (hardback)
ISBN0415991781 (hardback)
ISBN9780415991797 (pbk.)
ISBN041599179X (pbk.)
ISBN9780203894484 (e-book)
ISBN0203894480 (e-book)

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