War and the City

Gregory John Ashworth

Routledge, 1991 - Architecture - 227 pages

Cities have evolved from small urban systems designed to withstand attack from without. The demands of the modern city have shifted the focus to the dangers of internal violence. War and the City analyses the role of cities in war and the effects of war on cities.

Bibliographic information

• Title: War and the City
• Author: Gregory John Ashworth
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Routledge, 1991
• ISBN: 0415053471, 9780415053471
• Length: 227 pages
• Subjects: Architecture / Urban & Land Use Planning; History / Military / Strategy