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The Resilient City in World War II

Urban Environmental Histories
BuchKartoniert, Paperback
317 Seiten
Englisch
Springererschienen am14.08.20201st ed. 2019
The fate of towns and cities stands at the center of the environmental history of World War II. As the first major study at the intersection of environmental, urban, and military history, The Resilient City in World War II lays the groundwork for an improved understanding of rapid change in urban environments, and how societies may adapt.mehr
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KlappentextThe fate of towns and cities stands at the center of the environmental history of World War II. As the first major study at the intersection of environmental, urban, and military history, The Resilient City in World War II lays the groundwork for an improved understanding of rapid change in urban environments, and how societies may adapt.
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ISBN/GTIN978-3-030-17441-5
ProduktartBuch
EinbandartKartoniert, Paperback
Verlag
Erscheinungsjahr2020
Erscheinungsdatum14.08.2020
Auflage1st ed. 2019
Seiten317 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
IllustrationenXX, 317 p. 31 illus., 12 illus. in color.
Artikel-Nr.48870933
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Inhaltsverzeichnis
I. Introduction.- 1. Environmental History, the Second World War, and Urban Resilience.- II. Urban Environment.- 2. Critical Networks.- 3. Fortress City: The Militarized Landscape of Seattle.- 4. War and Urban-Industrial Air Pollution in the UK and US.- 5. Imagined Resilience.- III. Urban Nature.- 6. Guerrilla Gardening? Urban Agriculture and the Environment.- 7. Gaining Strength from Nature.- 8. Resilience behind Bars.- 9. Where Have all the Pigeons Gone.- IV. Urban Society.- 10. Partial Resilience in Nationalist China's Wartime Capital.- 11. Japanese-Occupied Hanoi.- 12. The Esteros and Manila´s Postwar Remaking.- 13. Apocalyptic Urban Future.- V. Conclusions.- 14. Epilogue: What Makes a City Resilient?mehr

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Simo Laakkonen is Senior Lecturer of Landscape Studies at the University of Turku, Finland.
J. R. McNeill is Professor of History at Georgetown University, USA.
Richard P. Tucker is Adjunct Professor of Environmental History at the University of Michigan, USA.
Timo Vuorisalo is Senior Lecturer of Environmental Science at the University of Turku, Finland.