John R. Gold, George Revill

Landscapes of Defence

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This is a key text on the very topical themes of power, defence and space. Landscapes of Defence is an exciting collection of theoretical and empirical material from very well known contributors, desiged to help students understand how landscapes of defence fit in with some of the broader concepts of space, power and place to which they are introduced in the 1st year. The book is split into four sections, and each section contains an introduction placing the subsequent chapters in context. There is also a comprehensive introduction and afterword to tie the book's broad themes together. 2nd and 3rd year undergraduates in urban and cultural geography will be the key market for this title, as well as strong secondary market in departments of Sociology, Anthropology, Law and Planning.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. September 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 488g
• ISBN-13: 9780582382343
• ISBN-10: 0582382343
• Artikelnr.: 39214820

Autorenporträt

John R. Gold, George Revill

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. PART 1 - BOUNDARIES AND IDENTITY 1. Landscaping for Power and
Defence 2. Fundamentalist Loyalism: Discourse, Dialogue and Defence 3.
Living on the Edge: Defending American Indian Reservation Lands. PART 2 -
RISK AND SECURITY 4. Nuclear Waste and Landscapes of Risk 5. Israeli
Securityscapes 6. Fortification, Fragmentation and the Threat of Terrorism
in the City of London in the 1990' s. PART 3 - CRIME AND CONTROL 7. Police
Powers and Zero Tolerance Policing 8. Policing the Public Realm: Community
Action and the Exclusion of Street Prostitution 9. A Role for the Public in
the Management of Public Space? A Stakeholding Approach to the CCTV
Surveillance of Britain's Town Centres 10. Geocoding and Surveillance: A
Critical Analysis of CCTV Practices in New York City 11. The Fortress, The
Panoptic, The Regulated and the Animated: Planning and Urban Design
Approaches to Safer City Centres. PART 4 - CONTROLLING THE RESIDENTIAL
ENVIRONMENT 12. Securing Suburbia: Images of the Home as Defended Space in
Selling the English Suburbia Fear 13. Fear, Loathing and Space for Children
14. Landscapes of Defence, Exclusivity and Leisure: The Rise of Rural
Private Communities in North Carolina 15. The Redesign and Modification of
Existing Housing Developments in the Interests of Reducing Crime and
Promoting Community Activity. Afterword