Wounded Cities: Destruction and Reconstruction in a Globalized World

Jane Schneider, I. Susser
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Although the seemingly apocalyptic scale of the World Trade Center disaster continues to haunt people across the globe, it is only the most recent example of a city tragically wounded. Cities are, in fact, perpetually caught up in cycles of degeneration and renewal. As with the WTC, from time to time these cycles are severely ruptured by a sudden, unpredictable event. In the wake of recent terrorist activities, this timely book explores how urban populations are affected by wounds inflicted through violence, civil wars, overbuilding, drug trafficking, and the collapse of infrastructures, as well as natural disasters such as earthquakes. Mexico City, New York, Beirut, Belfast, Bangkok and Baghdad are just a few examples of cities riddled with problems that undermine, on a daily basis, the quality of urban life. What does it mean for urban dwellers when the infrastructure of a city collapses transport, communication grids, heat, light, roads, water, and sanitation? What are the effects of foreign investment and huge construction projects on urban populations and how does this change the look and character of a city? How does drug trafficking intersect with class, race, and gender, and what impact does it have on vulnerable urban communities? How do political corruption and mafia networks distort the built environment? Drawing on in-depth case studies from across the globe, this book answers these intriguing questions through its rigorous consideration of changing global and national contexts, social movements, and corrosive urban events. Adopting a grass roots up approach, it places emphasis on peoples experiences of uneven development and inequality, their engagement with memory in the face of continual change, and the relevance of political activism to bettering their lives. It is especially attentive to the historical interaction of particular cities with wider political and economic forces, as these interactions have shaped local governance over time. Imagining e
受伤的城市:全球化世界中的破坏与重建
尽管世界贸易中心那场看似世界末日的灾难继续困扰着全世界的人们,但这只是城市悲剧受伤的最新例子。事实上,城市永远处于退化和更新的循环中。就像世贸中心一样,这些循环不时会被突然的、不可预测的事件严重打破。在最近的恐怖活动之后,这本及时的书探讨了城市人口如何受到暴力、内战、过度建设、毒品贩运、基础设施崩溃以及地震等自然灾害所造成的创伤的影响。墨西哥城、纽约、贝鲁特、贝尔法斯特、曼谷和巴格达只是这些城市的几个例子,这些城市每天都充斥着破坏城市生活质量的问题。当一个城市的基础设施崩溃——交通、通讯网络、供暖、照明、道路、供水和卫生设施——对城市居民意味着什么?外国投资和大型建设项目对城市人口的影响是什么?这如何改变城市的面貌和特征?毒品走私是如何与阶级、种族和性别交叉的,它对脆弱的城市社区有什么影响?政治腐败和黑手党网络是如何扭曲建筑环境的?借鉴全球范围内的深入案例研究,这本书通过对不断变化的全球和国家背景、社会运动和腐蚀性城市事件的严格考虑,回答了这些有趣的问题。它采用自下而上的方法,强调人们在不平衡发展和不平等方面的经历,他们面对不断变化时的记忆,以及政治行动主义与改善他们生活的相关性。它特别关注特定城市与更广泛的政治和经济力量的历史相互作用,因为这些相互作用随着时间的推移塑造了地方治理。想象e
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