The resilient city in World War II : urban environmental histories /: urban environmental histories. ([2019])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Simo Laakkonen, J. R. McNeill, Richard P. Tucker, Timo Vuorisalo, editors.
• Editors: Laakkonen, Simo; McNeill, John Robert; Tucker, Richard P, 1938-; Vuorisalo, Timo Olavi
• Contents: I. Introduction 1. Environmental History, the Second World War, and Urban Resilience II. Urban Environment 2. Critical Networks 3. Fortress City: The Militarized Landscape of Seattle 4. War and Urban-Industrial Air Pollution in the UK and US 5. Imagined Resilience III. Urban Nature 6. Guerrilla Gardening? Urban Agriculture and the Environment 7. Gaining Strength from Nature 8. Resilience behind Bars 9. Where Have all the Pigeons Gone IV. Urban Society 10. Partial Resilience in Nationalist China's Wartime Capital 11. Japanese-Occupied Hanoi 12. The Esteros and Manila's Postwar Remaking 13. Apocalyptic Urban Future V. Conclusions 14. Epilogue: What Makes a City Resilient?.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 940.53/1; World War, 1939-1945 -- Environmental aspects; Urban ecology (Biology) -- History -- 20th century; Urban ecology (Sociology) -- History -- 20th century
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030174392; 3030174395
• Related ISBNs: 3030174387; 9783030174385
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 19, 2019).
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