Protection: Defensible spaces

Peter Lehr

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-90924-0_9

Protection: Defensible spaces

Peter Lehr^*

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In this chapter, I discuss passive and mostly ‘low-tech’ defences in the shape of barricades (i.e. counter-intrusion devices) and citadels (i.e. facilities hardened against terrorist or criminal attacks). After all, in my opinion, these modern avatars of time-honoured brick-and-mortar curtain walls still have a formidable role to play in the times of global terrorism: basically, they are our last line of defence against terrorists who have managed to evade all other high-tech measures described above without being detected and are now ready to strike. Hence, I will take a look at modern city walls such as the City of London’s ‘Ring of Steel’/Ring of Glass’, at modern citadels such as One World Trade Center in New York, and at barricades (temporarily) deployed to deny access to certain areas.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Advanced Sciences and Technologies for Security Applications
Publisher	Springer
Pages	131-142
Number of pages	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90924-0_9
Publication status	Published - 2019

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Name	Advanced Sciences and Technologies for Security Applications
ISSN (Print)	1613-5113
ISSN (Electronic)	2363-9466

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SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Keywords

Barricades
Bollards
Citadels
City wall
Public Space
Residential communities
Ring of glass
Ring of plastic
Ring of steel

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Protection: Defensible spaces

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