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Laminated Security for London 2012 : enhancing security infrastructures to defend mega sporting events
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Coaffee, Jon, Fussey, Peter and Moore, C. (2011) Laminated Security for London 2012 : enhancing security infrastructures to defend mega sporting events. Urban Studies, Volume 48 (Number 15). pp. 3311-3327. doi:10.1177/0042098011422398 ISSN 0042-0980.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0042098011422398
Abstract
Since the 1970s, security planning has become an integral and required part of bidding documents and preparation for hosting sporting mega events, most notably the summer Olympic and Paralympic Games. Drawing on a multidisciplinary conceptual framework derived from prior experiences of security operations at major sporting events and historical counter-terrorism experiences of London, the paper unpacks the socio-spatial implications of security measures intended to secure the 2012 Games. In particular, it highlights the threat posed against ‘crowded places’ from international terrorism as well as possible surveillance, design or managerial measures that are to be deployed to make such sites more resilient to terrorist attack. This, it is argued, both converges with standardised Olympic security models and diverges at important points, related to the pre-existence of capacity in urban counter-terrorism onto which 2012 security will be overlaid or laminated. The paper also highlights the increased use made of security for ‘legacy’ purposes.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Urban Studies | ||||
Publisher: | Sage Publications Ltd. | ||||
ISSN: | 0042-0980 | ||||
Official Date: | November 2011 | ||||
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Volume: | Volume 48 | ||||
Number: | Number 15 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 3311-3327 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1177/0042098011422398 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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