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For the War Yet to Come: Planning Beirut's Frontiers
written by Hiba Bou Akar, fl. 2011 (Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press, 2018), 264 page(s)
Beirut is a city divided. Following the Green Line of the civil war, dividing the Christian east and the Muslim west, today hundreds of such lines dissect the city. For the residents of Beirut, urban planning could hold promise: a new spatial order could bring a peaceful future. But with unclear state structures a...
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written by Hiba Bou Akar, fl. 2011 (Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press, 2018), 264 page(s)
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Beirut is a city divided. Following the Green Line of the civil war, dividing the Christian east and the Muslim west, today hundreds of such lines dissect the city. For the residents of Beirut, urban planning could hold promise: a new spatial order could bring a peaceful future. But with unclear state structures and outsourced public processes, urban planning has instead become a contest between religious-political organizations and profit-seekin...
Beirut is a city divided. Following the Green Line of the civil war, dividing the Christian east and the Muslim west, today hundreds of such lines dissect the city. For the residents of Beirut, urban planning could hold promise: a new spatial order could bring a peaceful future. But with unclear state structures and outsourced public processes, urban planning has instead become a contest between religious-political organizations and profit-seeking developers. Neighborhoods reproduce poverty, displacement, and urban violence.For the War Yet to Come examines urban planning in three neighborhoods of Beirut's southeastern peripheries, revealing how these areas have been developed into frontiers of a continuing sectarian order. Hiba Bou Akar argues these neighborhoods are arranged, not in the expectation of a bright future, but according to the logic of "the war yet to come": urban planning plays on fears and differences, rumors of war, and paramilitary strategies to organize everyday life. As she shows, war in times of peace is not fought with tanks, artillery, and rifles, but involves a more mundane territorial contest for land and apartment sales, zoning and planning regulations, and infrastructure projects.
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Field of Study
Politics & Current Affairs
Content Type
Book
Author / Creator
Hiba Bou Akar, fl. 2011
Date Published / Released
2018
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Topic / Theme
Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, and Syria Borders, Religious differences, Religious communities, Urbanization, City planning
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Copyright © 2018 Stanford University Press
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Survivor's Guide, Neighbours at War
directed by Fiona Lloyd-Davies; produced by Fiona Lloyd-Davies, Anya Sitaram, Richard Wilson and Dick Bower, in Survivor's Guide (London, England: SW Pictures, 2010), 26 mins
In the Congo, brutal wars that have cost one thousand lives a day are almost over. People are returning home after over a decade as refugees. But many come home to find someone else has claimed their land. Lalia and Safi are two such women who are in dispute. There seems to be no end in sight and Safi has threaten...
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directed by Fiona Lloyd-Davies; produced by Fiona Lloyd-Davies, Anya Sitaram, Richard Wilson and Dick Bower, in Survivor's Guide (London, England: SW Pictures, 2010), 26 mins
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In the Congo, brutal wars that have cost one thousand lives a day are almost over. People are returning home after over a decade as refugees. But many come home to find someone else has claimed their land. Lalia and Safi are two such women who are in dispute. There seems to be no end in sight and Safi has threatened Lalia, who says she is living in fear for her life.
Field of Study
Politics & Current Affairs
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Fiona Lloyd-Davies, Anya Sitaram, Richard Wilson, Dick Bower, Andrew Veitch
Author / Creator
Fiona Lloyd-Davies
Date Published / Released
2010
Publisher
SW Pictures
Series
Survivor's Guide
Speaker / Narrator
Andrew Veitch
Topic / Theme
The Congo and its Borders, Forced migration and expulsion, Repatriation, Property rights, Sociology, Current Affairs, Congolese, 21st Century in World History (2001– )
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Copyright © 2011. Used by permission of Scott White Pictures.
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