Violence and resilience in Latin American cities

Violence and resilience in Latin American cities

by Koonings, Kees Kruijt, Dirk

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Featuring original fieldwork across a broad array of case studies, this cutting edge volume focuses on questions not only of crime and insecurity, but also of Latin American cities' ability to creatively and productively respond to these problems.

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Violence and resilience in Latin American cities / edited by Kees Koonings and Dirk Kruijt.

Summary

Featuring original fieldwork across a broad array of case studies, this cutting edge volume focuses on questions not only of crime and insecurity, but also of Latin American cities' ability to creatively and productively respond to these problems.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2015.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Zed Books
  • Place of Publication:London, England
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2015.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781350223820, 1350223824
  • DOI:10.5040/9781350223820
  • oclc:on1241540180
  • LC Classification:HV9960.L29
  • Dewey Decimal:364.6098

Table of Contents

1. Urban Fragility and Resilience in Latin America: Conceptual Approaches and Contemporary Patterns -- Kees Koonings and Dirk Kruijt; 2. Exclusion, Violence and Resilience in Five Latin American Megacities: A Comparison of Buenos Aires, Lima, Mexico City, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo -- Dirk Kruijt and Kees Koonings; 3. Caracas: From Heaven's Branch to Urban Hell -- Roberto Briceño-León; 4. Bogotá: Countering Violence with Urban Government -- Alan Gilbert; 5. San Salvador: Violence and Resilience in Gangland -- Wim Savenije and Chris van der Borgh; 6. San José: Urban Expansion, Violence and Resilience -- Abelardo Morales Gamboa; 7. Kingston: Violence and Resilience -- Rivke Jaffe; 8. Santo Domingo: Criminogenic Violence and Resilience -- Lilian Bobea.

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Subjects

Administration locale -- Amérique latine Case studies Crime Crime -- Case studies. -- Latin America Latin America Law enforcement Law enforcement -- Case studies. -- Lat… Local Government Local government -- Latin America Lois -- Études de cas. -- Application -… Public safety Public safety -- Case studies. -- Latin… Resilience (Personality trait) Resilience (Personality trait) -- Case … Résilience (Trait de personnalité) -- É… Sécurité publique -- Études de cas. -- … Violence Violence -- Case studies. -- Latin Amer… Violence -- Études de cas. -- Amérique … Violence in society

Writers

Koonings, Kees Kruijt, Dirk

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