Terrorism, risk and the global city : towards urban resilience / by Jon Coaffee

Includes bibliographical references and index

Transforming cities in the age of terrorism -- Introduction: terrorism, risk and the global city -- Urban restructuring and the development of defensive landscapes -- Controlling urban security discourse -- Risk society, resilient planning, and the global terrorist threat -- The city of London's response -- Constructing and reinforcing the ring of steel -- Distributing the financial risk of terrorism -- Framing, legitimising and negotiating the city's response to -- Terrorist risk -- Terrorism, risk and the future city: towards urban resilience -- Beating the bombers: a decade of counter terrorism in the city of -- London -- Terrorism and future urbanism in the wake of 9/11 -- London prepared? resilience, reputation, and the global city