| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
1. Urban Fragility and Resilience in Latin America: Conceptual Approaches and Contemporary Patterns -- Kees Koonings and Dirk Kruijt; 2. Exclusion, Violence and Resilience in Five Latin American Megacities: A Comparison of Buenos Aires, Lima, Mexico City, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo -- Dirk Kruijt and Kees Koonings; 3. Caracas: From Heaven's Branch to Urban Hell -- Roberto Briceño-León; 4. Bogotá: Countering Violence with Urban Government -- Alan Gilbert; 5. San Salvador: Violence and Resilience in Gangland -- Wim Savenije and Chris van der Borgh; 6. San José: Urban Expansion, Violence and Resilience -- Abelardo Morales Gamboa; 7. Kingston: Violence and Resilience -- Rivke Jaffe; 8. Santo Domingo: Criminogenic Violence and Resilience -- Lilian Bobea |
| Summary |
Featuring original fieldwork across a broad array of case studies, this cutting edge volume focuses on questions not only of crime and insecurity, but also of Latin American cities' ability to creatively and productively respond to these problems |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed December 2, 2015) |
| Subject |
Crime -- Latin America -- Case studies
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Violence -- Latin America -- Case studies
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Resilience (Personality trait) -- Latin America -- Case studies
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Public safety -- Latin America -- Case studies
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Law enforcement -- Latin America -- Case studies
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Local government -- Latin America
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Violence in society.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology.
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Crime
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Law enforcement
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Local government
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Public safety
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Resilience (Personality trait)
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Violence
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Latin America
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Koonings, Kees, editor.
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Kruijt, Dirk, editor.
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| ISBN |
9781780324586 |
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1780324588 |
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9781780324593 |
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1780324596 |
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1780324561 |
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9781780324562 |
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178032457X |
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9781780324579 |
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