Two New Reports on Afghanistan's Cities

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CITIES IN THE 21st CENTURY: A Primer

Book Review

John Matthew Barlow reviews John Lorinc's new book, Cities: A Groundwork Guide. Last year marked the first time that the majority of the world's population lived in cities; Lorinc's introduction to the subject offers a timely, and lively, critique of the issues confronting cities and humanity as a whole as we confront this radical restructuring of our way of living in the urban century.

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Mike Innes

I don't usually just post links to stuff here, but these two items are worth noting:

Giustozzi, Antonio. "The Eye of the Storm: Cities in the Vortex of Afghanistan's Civil Wars." Working Paper No. 62 (Cities and Fragile States). London: Crisis States Research Centre (November 2009).
Forsberg, Carl. "The Taliban's Campaign For Kandahar." Afghanistan Report No. 3. Washington, D.C.: Institute for the Study of War (December 2009).

H/t Giustozzi and Strick

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Dec 17, 2009 at 8:43

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cities,

insurgency,

war

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