Urbicides: end of the cities…, 2017

16/07/2017

On July 11, the Iraqi Prime Minister Haïder al-Abadi officially announced that the army had taken over the city of Mosul from Daech, symbolizing a landmark advance in the fight against Islamism... Some people talk about genocide, others about urban crime. Nevertheless, the term "urbicide" remains as complex as it is vague. Massacres of the population? Infrastructure? Both? Deciphering by François Grünewald, General and Scientific Director of the URD (Urgence Réhabilitation Développement) organization.