Fear, Space and Urban Planning - A Critical Perspective from Southern Europe (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)

This book examines the phenomenon of urban fear - the increasing anxiety over crime and violence in Western cities despite their high safety - with a view to developing a comprehensive, critical, exploratory theory of fear, space, and urban planning that unravels the paradoxes of their mutual relations. By focusing especially on the southern European cities of Palermo and Lisbon, the book also aims to expand upon recent studies on urban geopolitics, enriching them from the perspective of ordinary, as opposed to global, cities. Readers will find enlightening analysis of the ways in which urban fear is (re)produced, including by misinformative discourses on security and fear and the political construction of otherness as a means of exclusion. The spatialization of fear, e.g., through fortification, privatization, and fragmentation, is explored, and the ways in which urban planning is informed by and has in turn been shaping urban fear are investigated. A concluding chapter considers divergent potential futures and makes a call for action. The book will appeal to all with an interest in whether, and to what extent, the production of 'fearscapes', the contemporary landscapes of fear, constitutes an emergent urban political economy.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	UNIPA Springer Series
Release date:	August 2016
First published:	2017
Authors:	Simone Tulumello
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 10mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	131
Edition:	1st ed. 2017
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-43936-5
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Urban communities Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Human geography > General Books > Earth & environment > Regional & area planning > Urban & municipal planning > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Violence in society > General Promotions
LSN:	3-319-43936-7
Barcode:	9783319439365

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