Disrupted cities: when infrastructure fails

by Graham, Stephen

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Full title :Disrupted cities : when infrastructure fails / edited by Stephen Graham.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2009.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Routledge
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:2009.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xii, 196 p.) : : ill.

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oclc:on1257362604
LC Classification:HV551.2
Dewey Decimal:363.34

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.