Abstract
Bringing together comparative case studies from Belfast, Beirut, Amsterdam and Berlin, this book examines the role of the urban environment in social polarisation processes. In doing so, it provides a timely and refreshingly innovative voice in the confusing babble on (counter-)terrorism, urban conflict and community cohesion. Despite their socio-political differences, these cities are telling cases of how the location and shape of very mundane objects such as rubbish bins, bridges, clothes' stores, shopping malls and cafés - in addition to the obvious fences, walls and barbed wire - are often subject to heated controversies and influence the way urban conflict is 'lived' and practised. © Ralf Brand and Sara Fregonese 2013. All rights reserved.
| Original language | English |
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| Place of Publication | Abingdon, Oxon |
| Publisher | Ashgate Publishing |
| Number of pages | 191 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781409451600 |
| Publication status | Published - 2013 |
Keywords
- urban environment, built environment, materiality, contested cities, polarisation, radicalisation, segregation, peace, war, conflict, division
