Urbicide in Palestine

<p>Exploring the way urbicide is used to un/re-make Palestine as well as how it is employed as a tool of spatial dispossession and control this book examines contemporary political violence and destruction in the context of colonial projects in Palestine. </p><p></p><p>The broader framework of the book is colonial and post- urban destruction urbanism; with a working hypothesis that there are links gaps and blind spots in the understanding of urbicide discourse. Drawing on several examples from the Palestinian history of destruction and transformations such as; Jenin Refugee Camp Hebron Old Town and Nablus Old Town a methodological framework to identify urbicidal episodes is also generated. </p><p></p><p>Advancing knowledge on one historical moment of the urban condition the moment of its destruction and enhancing the understanding of the Palestinian Israeli conflict from urbanistic/ architectonic and Urbicide / Spacio-cide perspectives through the use of case studies this book will be essential reading for scholars and researchers with an interest in Urban Geography and Middle East Politics more broadly.</p>