Bringing together leading researchers from geography, political
science, sociology, public policy and technology studies, Disrupted
Cities exposes the politics of well-known disruptions such as
devastation of New Orleans in 2005, the global SARS outbreak in
2002-3, and the great power collapse in the North Eastern US in
2003. But the book also excavates the politics of more hidden
disruptions: the clogging of city sewers with fat; the day-to-day
infrastructural collapses which dominate urban life in much of the
global south; the deliberate devastation of urban infrastructure by
state militaries; and the ways in which alleged threats of
infrastructural disruption have been used to radically reorganize
cities as part of the war on terror .
Accessible, topical and state-of-the art, Disrupted Cities will
be required reading for anyone interested in the intersections of
technology, security and urban life as we plunge headlong into this
quintessentially urban century. The book s blend of cutting-edge
theory with visceral events means that it will be particularly
useful for illuminating urban courses within geography, sociology,
planning, anthropology, political science, public policy,
architecture and technology studies.
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