Risky Cities: The Physical and Fiscal Nature of Disaster Capitalism by Fu, Albert S.

Risky Cities: The Physical and Fiscal Nature of Disaster Capitalism

Over half the world's population lives in urban regions, and increasingly disasters are of great concern to...
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Author: Albert S. Fu
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Language: English
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Risky Cities: The Physical and Fiscal Nature of Disaster Capitalism by Fu, Albert S.

Risky Cities: The Physical and Fiscal Nature of Disaster Capitalism

€62,03

Risky Cities: The Physical and Fiscal Nature of Disaster Capitalism

€62,03
Author: Albert S. Fu
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Over half the world's population lives in urban regions, and increasingly disasters are of great concern to city dwellers, policymakers, and builders. However, disaster risk is also of great interest to corporations, financiers, and investors. Risky Cities is a critical examination of global urban development, capitalism, and its relationship with environmental hazards. It is about how cities live and profit from the threat of sinkholes, garbage, and fire. Risky Cities is not simply about post-catastrophe profiteering. This book focuses on the way in which disaster capitalism has figured out ways to commodify environmental bads and manage risks. Notably, capitalist city-building results in the physical transformation of nature. This necessitates risk management strategies -such as insurance, environmental assessments, and technocratic mitigation plans. As such capitalists redistribute risk relying on short-term fixes to disaster risk rather than address long-term vulnerabilities.

Author: Albert S. Fu
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 03/18/2022
Pages: 188
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9781978820302

About the Author
Albert S. Fu is professor of sociology at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania. He has previously published articles in Cities, City & Community, Critical Sociology, International Journal of Urban & Regional Research, and Urban Studies.

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