The continued fortification of urban areas has attracted significant attention and has become particularly relevant in counter-terrorist strategies since 9/11. This book is articulated in the light of these discussions, which focus on notions of risk, security and the spatial restructuring of contemporary cities. In particular it examines how terrorist targeting of the City of London since the early 1990s has led to changes in both physical and institutional infrastructure. The book analyses how the various formal and informal strategies adopted in the City attempted to reduce both the physical and financial risk of terrorism. This was undertaken through a series of place-specific security initiatives and risk management policies which led to increased fortification, a substantial rise in terrorism insurance premiums and changing institutional relations at a variety of spatial scales to protect London's position as a global city. It is also argued that the security measures deployed were advanced not in terms of an anti-terrorist effort, but in relation to the unintended by-products of these approaches such as crime reduction and enhanced traffic management capabilities.
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It has recently been argued by many commentators that since the 9/11 attacks on New York and Washington the fortification and militarisation of the city has proceeded at an unparalleled pace (Davis, 2001; Light, 2002; Swanstrom, 2002). Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
City of London, Square Mile, Corporation of London, Northern Ireland, New York, Tower Hamlets, Mary Axe, Michael Cassidy, London Docklands, Canary Wharf, Los Angeles, Police Committee, Commissioner of Police, United States, World Trade Center, Lord Mayor, Stock Exchange, Bank of England, Court of Common Council, Prime Minister, South Quay, Daily Telegraph, Mike Davis, Downing Street, Oscar Newman New!
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It has recently been argued by many commentators that since the 9/11 attacks on New York and Washington the fortification and militarisation of the city has proceeded at an unparalleled pace (Davis, 2001; Light, 2002; Swanstrom, 2002). Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
City of London, Square Mile, Corporation of London, Northern Ireland, New York, Tower Hamlets, Mary Axe, Michael Cassidy, London Docklands, Canary Wharf, Los Angeles, Police Committee, Commissioner of Police, United States, World Trade Center, Lord Mayor, Stock Exchange, Bank of England, Court of Common Council, Prime Minister, South Quay, Daily Telegraph, Mike Davis, Downing Street, Oscar Newman New!
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- Political Violence (Collected seminar papers) on 6 pages
- Northern Ireland (Cambridge Regional Geography) by Godfrey Dalton on 5 pages
- Urban Geography: a First Approach by David T. Herbert on 4 pages
- Commissioner of Police by Jack Rudman on 4 pages
- City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles by Mike Davis on page 40, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- Selling Us the Fortress: The Promotion of Techno-Security Equipment for Schools by Ronnie Casella in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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