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Title:

Violence and resilience in Latin American cities / edited by Kees Koonings and Dirk Kruijt.

Publisher:

Zed Books,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

xi, 195 pages ; 22 cm

Subject:

Crime--Latin America--Case studies.
Violence--Latin America--Case studies.
Resilience (Personality trait)--Latin America--Case studies.
Public safety--Latin America--Case studies.
Law enforcement--Latin America--Case studies.
Local government--Latin America--Case studies.

Other Authors:

Koonings, Kees, editor.
Kruijt, Dirk, editor.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 162-186) and index.

Contents:

Urban fragility and resilience in Latin America : conceptual approaches and contemporary patterns / Kees Koonings and Dirk Kruijt -- Exclusion, violence and resilience in five Latin American megacities : a comparison of Buenos Aires, Lima, Mexico City, Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo / Dirk Kruijt and Kees Koonings -- Caracas : from heaven's branch to urban hell / Roberto Briceno-Leon -- Bogota : countering violence with urban government / Alan Gilbert -- San Salvador : violence and resilience in gangland : coping with the code of the street / Wim Savenije and Christ van der Borth -- San Jose : urban expansion, violence and resilience / Abelardo Morales Gamboa -- Kingston : violence and resilience / Rivke Jaffe -- Santo Domingo : criminogenic violence and resilience / Lilian Bobea.

ISBN:

9781780324562
1780324561
178032457X
9781780324579

OCLC:

(OCoLC)928640483

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)