Book review: Building on borrowed time: rising seas and failing infrastructure in Semarang by Lukas Ley

Perkasa, Adrian (2022) Book review: Building on borrowed time: rising seas and failing infrastructure in Semarang by Lukas Ley. LSE Review of Books (06 Sep 2022). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

In Building on Borrowed Time: Rising Seas and Failing Infrastructure in Semarang, Lukas Ley offers a new ethnography exploring how people in Semarang, Indonesia, deal with the everyday threat of flooding. This fascinating book is worthwhile reading not only for urban studies scholars but for all those wanting to understand the complexity of living in a chronic disaster area from the perspective of inhabitants, writes Adrian Perkasa.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofbooks/
Additional Information:	© 2022 The Author
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD100 Land Use G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences
Date Deposited:	23 Nov 2022 14:00
Last Modified:	15 Sep 2023 11:36
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/117069

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