Complex terrain : megacities and the changing character of urban combat / edited by Benjamin M. Jensen, PhD, Henrik Breitenbauch, PhD, Brandon Valeriano, PhD.

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Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Quantico, VA : Marine Corps University Press, 2019Description: xv, 377 pages ; 23 cmContent type:

text

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unmediated

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volume

ISBN:

9781732003040

Other title:

Megacities and the changing character of urban combat

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DDC classification:

355.4/26 23

LOC classification:

U167.5.S7 C66 2019

Summary: "This book explores military operations, including indirect support to other interagency actors and functions in dense urban terrain and megacities. Dense urban terrain describes urban areas with high population densities that, in the developing world, often outstrip the capacity of local governance systems to exert formal control. The term megacity describes a city with a population of 10 million or more. These environments define patterns of human settlement. In 1950, only 30 percent of the world's population lived in cities compared to more than 55 percent in 2018. Much of this growth is concentrated in large, urban centers that connect a global flow of goods and ideas. By 2030, there will be more than 40 of these megacities"-- Provided by publisher.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Joint Command and Staff College General Stacks	Non-fiction	U167.5.S7 C66 2019 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	D6213/25	Available		JCSC004134
Book	Joint Command and Staff College General Stacks	Non-fiction	U167.5.S7 C66 2019 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	D6214/25	Available		JCSC004135

Includes index.

"This book explores military operations, including indirect support to other interagency actors and functions in dense urban terrain and megacities. Dense urban terrain describes urban areas with high population densities that, in the developing world, often outstrip the capacity of local governance systems to exert formal control. The term megacity describes a city with a population of 10 million or more. These environments define patterns of human settlement. In 1950, only 30 percent of the world's population lived in cities compared to more than 55 percent in 2018. Much of this growth is concentrated in large, urban centers that connect a global flow of goods and ideas. By 2030, there will be more than 40 of these megacities"-- Provided by publisher.

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Complex terrain : megacities and the changing character of urban combat / edited by Benjamin M. Jensen, PhD, Henrik Breitenbauch, PhD, Brandon Valeriano, PhD.