Download or read book Urbanization, Policing, and Security written by Gary Cordner and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2009-12-16 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In terms of raw numbers, the amount of world urban dwellers have increased four-fold, skyrocketing from 740 million in 1950 to almost 3.3 billion in 2007. This ongoing urbanization will continue to create major security challenges in most countries. Based on contributions from academics and practitioners from countries as diverse as Nigeria, Pakist