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The Resilient City in World War II

Urban Environmental Histories

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Editors:
  1. Simo Laakkonen

    1. University of Turku, Turku, Finland

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  2. J. R. McNeill

    1. Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA

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  3. Richard P. Tucker

    1. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA

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  4. Timo Vuorisalo

    1. Department of Biology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland

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  • 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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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Environmental History, the Second World War, and Urban Resilience

      • Simo Laakkonen
      Pages 3-19

  3. Urban Environment

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 21-21
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    2. Critical Networks

      • Santiago Gorostiza
      Pages 23-46

    3. Fortress City

      • Katherine Macica
      Pages 47-67

    4. War and Urban-Industrial Air Pollution in the UK and the US

      • Peter Brimblecombe
      Pages 69-80

    5. Imagined Resilience

      • Sarah Frohardt-Lane
      Pages 81-102

  4. Urban Nature

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 103-103
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    2. Guerrilla Gardening?

      • Rauno Lahtinen
      Pages 105-126

    3. Gaining Strength from Nature

      • Thomas J. (Tom) Arnold
      Pages 127-150

    4. Resilience Behind Bars

      • Mieke Roscher, Anna-Katharina Wöbse
      Pages 151-175

    5. Where Have All the Pigeons Gone

      • Timo Vuorisalo, Mikhail V. Kozlov
      Pages 177-200

  5. Urban Society

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 201-201
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    2. Partial Resilience in Nationalist China’ s Wartime Capital

      • Nicole Elizabeth Barnes
      Pages 203-218

    3. Japanese-Occupied Hanoi

      • Geoffrey C. Gunn
      Pages 219-236

    4. The Esteros and Manila ’s Postwar Remaking

      • Michael D. Pante
      Pages 237-257

    5. Apocalyptic Urban Future

      • Kimmo Ahonen, Simo Laakkonen, William M. Tsutsui
      Pages 259-278

  6. Conclusions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 279-279
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    2. Epilogue: What Makes a City Resilient?

      • Simo Laakkonen, J. R. McNeill, Richard P. Tucker, Timo Vuorisalo
      Pages 281-302
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About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Turku, Turku, Finland

    Simo Laakkonen

  • Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA

    J. R. McNeill

  • University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA

    Richard P. Tucker

  • Department of Biology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland

    Timo Vuorisalo

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.


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