The Right to the City

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Contents 4
3. Introduction
4. Foreword: BAS 6
5. Foreword: NSM/PST 9
6. Introduction: On urban Indefensibility: Friction Lines in the Production of the Open City 11
7. The City Between Freedom and Security: Project Journal 15
8. B ‒ Discursive Texts
9. For a Theory of Destituent Power 34
10. Protecting Vulnerable Cities from Terrorism: Enhancing the Resilience of Everyday Urban Infrastructure 35
11. Photo Essay: Melilla, Spain
12. The Fear Factor 48
13. Defensible Space as a Crime Preventive Measure 65
14. “Fortress Britain”: High Security, Insecurity and the Challenge of Preventing Harm 78
15. Photo Essay: Wall Street, New York, NY, USA
16. Situational Crime Prevention: Theoretical Background and Current Practice 84
17. When Life Itself Is War: The Urbanization of Military and Security Doctrine 114
18. Securing the State: National Security and Secret Intelligence 129
19. Designing Peace of Mind: Counterterrorism in Great Britain 153
20. The Right to the City 156
21. Photo Essay: Israel/Palestine 172
22. C ‒ Contested Sites 176
23. D ‒ Expert Interviews
24. Photo Essay: Oslo, Norway 258
25. Photo Essay: Occupy Wall Street, New York, NY, USA 272
26. Photo Essay: Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt 290
27. E ‒ Discursive Proposals
28. Discursive Design Proposals 302
29. Dystopian Scenario for Extreme Security 304
30. Positive – Sum Game 306
31. Mutual Concessions 308
32. Grafting the Political to the Processional 310
33. Participatory Adaptation 312
34. In(tro)verted Security 314
35. Decentralized Security 316
36. Security through Urban Mixtures 317
37. F ‒ Glossary 318
38. G ‒ Notes and References 328