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Heat wave : a social autopsy of disaster in Chicago / Eric Klinenberg.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, [2015] ©2002.Edition: Second editionDescription: xxxv, 305 p. : ill. ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780226276182 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 363.3492 KLI 23 007342
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Contents:
Prologue : the urban inferno -- Introduction : the city of extremes -- Dying alone : the social production of isolation -- Race, place, and vulnerability : urban neighborhoods and the ecology of support -- The state of disaster : city services in the empowerment era -- Governing by public relations -- The spectacular city : new organizations and the representation of catastrophe -- Conclusion : emerging dangers in the urban environment -- Epilogue : together in the end.
Summary: On Thursday, July 13, 1995, Chicagoans awoke to a blistering day on which the temperature would eventually climb to 106 degrees. This book reveals how in coming decades the effects of climate change will intensify the social and environmental pressures in urban areas around the world.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-295) and index.

Prologue : the urban inferno -- Introduction : the city of extremes -- Dying alone : the social production of isolation -- Race, place, and vulnerability : urban neighborhoods and the ecology of support -- The state of disaster : city services in the empowerment era -- Governing by public relations -- The spectacular city : new organizations and the representation of catastrophe -- Conclusion : emerging dangers in the urban environment -- Epilogue : together in the end.

On Thursday, July 13, 1995, Chicagoans awoke to a blistering day on which the temperature would eventually climb to 106 degrees. This book reveals how in coming decades the effects of climate change will intensify the social and environmental pressures in urban areas around the world.

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