The visibility of (in)security: The aesthetics of planning urban defences against terrorism

Security Dialogue

Volumn 40, Issue 4-5, 2009, Pages 489-511

  Coaffee, Jon ^a   O'Hare Dr , Paul ^b   Hawkesworth Dr , Marian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'War on Terror'; Counter terrorism; Security; Urban planning; Visibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350357017     PISSN: 09670106     EISSN: 14603640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0967010609343299     Document Type: Article

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