Disrupted cities: when infrastructure fails

by Graham, Stephen

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Title Statements

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

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2010.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Routledge
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:2010.

The Physical Object

Description:xii, 196 pages : : illustrations ; : 25 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780415991780, 0415991781, 041599179X, 9780415991797, 9780203894484, 0203894480
oclc:ocn573010949
LC Classification:HV551.2
Dewey Decimal:363.34

When infrastructures fail -- Managing the risk of cascading failure in complex urban infrastructures -- Disoriented city: infrastructure, social order, and the police responce to hurricane Katrina -- Power loss or blackout: the elctricity network collapse of August 2003 in North America -- Containing insecurity: logistic space, U.S. Port Cities, and the "War on Terror" -- Clogged Cities: Sclerotic Infrastructure -- Securitizing networked flows: infectious diseases and airports -- Disruption by design: urban infrastructure and political violence -- Infrastructure, interruption and inequality: urban life in the global south.