2001 · 10 citations · 2 references
Terrorist BombHomeland SecurityUrban SecuritySocial SciencesRecovery ProcessDisaster MitigationCase Of ManchesterUrban HistoryPublic PolicyInternational RelationsUrban TerrorismUrban PlanningTerrorism FinancingPlanning TheoryUrban GeographyPhysical PlanningDisaster ManagementPlanning PracticeCrisis ManagementDisaster Risk ReductionPolitical Science
Urban terrorism and the physical damage it can cause are issues of growing concern for cities. Both the nature of the rapid action engendered by a major terrorist act and the longer-term more strategic response to the need for redevelopment can be improved by trying to learn from the experiences of cities which have already been in this position. This paper tells the story of the planning and related responses to the explosion of a terrorist bomb in the City Centre of Manchester, England, in June 1996, which in insurance liability terms was reportedly the world’s worst man-made disaster of that year. It focuses on the strategic planning approaches adopted and the key decisions taken in the nine month period immediately following the bomb, which is arguably the period which determines the shape of the remainder of the recovery process by virtue of these decisions. Journal of Architectural and Planning Research 18:4 (Winter, 2001) 325
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