The Resilient City in World War II by Simo Laakkonen

The Resilient City in World War II by Simo Laakkonen

The fate of towns and cities stands at the center of the environmental history of World War II. Broad swaths of cityscapes were destroyed by the bombing of targets such as transport hubs, electrical grids, and industrial districts, and across Europe, Asia, and the Americas, urban environments were transformed by the massive mobilization of human and natural resources to support the conflict. But at the same time, the war saw remarkable resilience among the human and non-human residents of cities. Foregrounding the concept of urban resilience, this collection uncovers the creative survival strategies that city-dwellers of all kinds turned to in the midst of environmental devastation. As the first major study at the intersection of environmental, urban, and military history, The Resilient City in World War II lays the groundwork for an improved understanding of rapid change in urban environments, and how societies may adapt.

Simo Laakkonen is Senior Lecturer of Landscape Studies at the University of Turku, Finland.
J. R. McNeill is Professor of History at Georgetown University, USA.
Richard P. Tucker is Adjunct Professor of Environmental History at the University of Michigan, USA.
Timo Vuorisalo is Senior Lecturer of Environmental Science at the University of Turku, Finland.

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ISBN 13	9783030174415
ISBN 10	3030174417
Title	The Resilient City in World War II
Author	Simo Laakkonen
Series	Palgrave Studies In World Environmental History
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Year published	2020-08-14
Number of pages	317
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