Community-Based Urban Violence Prevention Innovative Approaches in Africa, Latin America, Asia and the Arab Region

Urban violence has become a major threat in big cities of the world. Where the orthodox protection through the police and individual target hardening remain inefficient, the population must organize itself.This book contains first-hand accounts on a selection of the most innovative experiences in Af...

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Mathéy/M. (eds.), Community-Based Urban V. P. Innovative Approaches in Africa, Latin America, Asia and the Arab Region
Hauptverfasser:
Mathéy, Kosta, Matuk, Silvia (HerausgeberIn)
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Weitere Verfasser:
Mathéy, Kosta (HerausgeberIn)
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Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Bielefeld transcript Verlag 2014
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
Zusammenfassung:
Urban violence has become a major threat in big cities of the world. Where the orthodox protection through the police and individual target hardening remain inefficient, the population must organize itself.This book contains first-hand accounts on a selection of the most innovative experiences in Africa, Latin America, Asia and the Arab region and is of interest likewise for academics and urban practitioners, policy makers, international cooperation experts or travelers preparing a visit of one of the affected countries.With a preface by Caroline Moser.
»The edited collection of 15 case studies shows the need for more holistic understandings that account for the multifaceted and interrelated nature of (urban) violence.«
Reviewed in:www.friedensnews.at, 11.01.2015, Andreas Hermann LandlEnvironment & Urbanization, 2 (2015), Mara Evangelina FilippiWissenschaft & Frieden, 1 (2015)
Reviewed in:Environment & Urbanization, 2 (2015), Mara Evangelina Filippi
Umfang:
1 online resource (321 p.)
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English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references.
Schriftenreihe:
Urban Studies
ISBN:
9783839429907
3839429900
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Open access
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