{"product_id":"risky-cities-albert-s-fu-9781978820302","title":"Risky Cities: The Physical and Fiscal Nature of Disaster Capitalism","description":"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. \u003ci\u003eRisky Cities\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003ci\u003eRisky Cities\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Albert S. Fu\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1978820305\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781978820302\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rutgers University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/18\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 188\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.60d","brand":"Albert S. Fu","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43987092898047,"sku":"9781978820302","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f11a6635-7a50-49e4-9e15-5d8bc48051d4.jpg?v=1683286964","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/risky-cities-albert-s-fu-9781978820302","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}