Foreword: BAS Cecilie Andersson Jack Fischer Eriksen, Thomas Haneborg, Håvard Walla Introduction: On Urban Indefensibility: Friction Points and Friction Lines in the Production of the Open City Deane Simpson, Vibeke Jensen, Anders Rubing The City Between Freedom and Security: Project Journal Deane Simpson, Vibeke Jensen, Anders Rubing For a Theory of Destituent Power Giorgio Agamben ProtectingVulnerable Cities from Terrorism: Enhancing the Resilience of Everyday Urban Infrastructure Jon Coaffee Photo Essay: Melilla, Spain The Fear Factor Michael Sorkin Defensible Space as a Crime Preventive Measure Oscar Newman "Fortress Britain": High Security, Insecurity and the Challenge of Preventing Harm Anna Minton and Jody Wall Street, New York, NY, USA Situational Crime Prevention: Theoretical Background and Current Practice Ronald V. Clarke When Life Itself Is War: The Urbanization of Military and Security Doctrine Stephen Graham Securing the State: National Security and Secret Intelligence David Designing Peace of Mind: Counterterrorism in Great Britain [Compiled by Haakon Rasmussen and Anders Sletten Eide] The Right to the City David Harvey Photo Essay: Israel/Palestine The city between freedom and security digitalisiert durch IDS Basel/Bern, im Auftrag der Schweizerischen Nationalbibliothek Sites Terret Contested Sites Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt World Terrorism Index and Events Europe Jack Fischer Eriksen London, England E Proposals Summer Olympics, 2012 of Steel Discursive Design Proposals Canary Wharf Dystopian Scenario for Extreme Security Melilla Enclave, Spain/Morocco Border Line Myhre Border Evolution Positive - Sum Game York Anders Sletten Eide Schaefer Landing Occupy Wall Street, 2011 Mutual Concessions Wall Street Line Myhre World Trade Center Grafting the Political to the Processional Sydney, Australia Pavel Waddling APEC Summit, 2007 Participatory Adaptation Ramallah, West Bank Shreya Nagrath Qalandia Checkpoint ln(tro)verted Security Gaza, Palestine Mathilde Egypt - Gaza border Gaza Flotilla, 2010 Decentralized Security Wenzel Mielke Istanbul, Turkey Gezi Park, 2013 Security through Urban Mixtures Meal Sandal Padua, Via Anelli Wall, 2006 Oslo, Norway Tjuvholmen Residential Area Blitz Blitzhouse The American Embassy The Norwegian Parliament Government Quarter Acknowledgments Temporary Security Measures City Hall Plaza Interviews Oslo, Norway Lambert Ludovica Rogers Photo Essay: Occupy Wall Street, New York, NY, USA Sunniva F. Meyer Susannah C. Drake Yask