Overview
- Offers the first in-depth investigation of the relationship between World War II, cities, and the environment
- Covers a diverse array of socio-geographical environments across four continents
- Argues for the relevance of the urban environmental history of World War II today, as the consequences of climate change loom large and compel cities to find new solutions
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in World Environmental History (PSWEH)
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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.
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Keywords
- Shock cities
- Urban planning
- Climate change
- Second World War
- Ecosystem
- Spanish Civil War
- water supply
- military-industrial complex
- air pollution
- wartime conservation
- wartime urban argiculture
- animals in World War II
- postwar recovery
- eco-horror
- atomic bomb in science fiction
- industrial warfare
- socio-environmental stress
Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Introduction
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Urban Environment
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Urban Nature
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Conclusions
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
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.
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.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Resilient City in World War II
Book Subtitle: Urban Environmental Histories
Editors: Simo Laakkonen, J. R. McNeill, Richard P. Tucker, Timo Vuorisalo
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in World Environmental History
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17439-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-17438-5Published: 07 June 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-17441-5Published: 14 August 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-17439-2Published: 27 May 2019
Series ISSN: 2730-9746
Series E-ISSN: 2730-9754
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 317
Number of Illustrations: 19 b/w illustrations, 12 illustrations in colour
Topics: History of World War II and the Holocaust, Environment Studies, Urban History, World History, Global and Transnational History, History of Military