Dorothee (Hrsg.) Brantz

Urban Resilience in a Global Context

Actors, Narratives, and Temporalities

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Urban Resilience is seen by many as a tool to mitigate harm in times of extreme social, political, financial, and environmental stress. Despite its widespread usage, however, resilience is used in different ways by policy makers, activists, academics, and practitioners. Some see it as a key to unlocking a more stable and secure urban future in times of extreme global insecurity; for others, it is a neoliberal technology that marginalizes the voices of already marginal peoples. This volume moves beyond praise and critique by focusing on the actors, narratives and temporalities that define urban resilience in a global context. By exploring the… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Sharma, Avi (Hrsg.)

ISBN: 978-3-8376-5018-1
EAN: 9783837650181
Produktnummer: 32742785
Verlag: Transcript Verlag
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Seitenangabe: 119 S.
Masse: H22.8 cm x B15.4 cm x D2.0 cm 358 g
Abbildungen: Klebebindung
Gewicht: 358

Über den Autor

Dorothee Brantz is a professor of urban environmental history and the director of the Center for Metropolitan Studies at the Technische Universität Berlin. Her research interests include urban environmental history, the history of war and peace, and the different temporalities of the urban.Avi Sharma is a senior research fellow and assistant professor at the Center for Metropolitan Studies at the Technische Universität Berlin. Sharma is particularly interested in irregular migration, urban and environmental histories. His ongoing work explores urban cases in postwar Germany and post-Partition South Asia.