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Survival of the city : living and thriving in an age of isolation / Edward Glaeser and David Cutler.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Glaeser, Edward L. (Edward Ludwig), 1967- author.
- Cutler, David M., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- City and town life--United States.
- City and town life.
- Urban health.
- United States.
- Urban health--United States.
- Epidemics--History.
- Epidemics.
- History.
- COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023--Social aspects--United States.
- COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023.
- COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023--Economic aspects--United States.
- Urban economics.
- Urban policy--United States.
- Urban policy.
- Social aspects.
- Economics.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 468 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Penguin Press, 2021.
- Summary:
- "In Survival of the City, an urbanist and a public health expert join forces to explain where cities are right now and provide a prescription for a healthy future for them"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 The City Besieged
- ch. 2 Will Globalization Lead to Permanent Pandemic?
- ch. 3 Can Indian Sewers Make Indiana Healthier?
- ch. 4 Can Our Bodies Be More Pandemic-Proof?
- ch. 5 Why Did So Much Health-Care Spending Produce So Little Health?
- ch. 6 Do Robots Spread Disease?
- ch. 7 What Is the Future of Downtown?
- ch. 8 The Battle for Boyle Heights and the Closing of the Metropolitan Frontier
- ch. 9 Urbanization and Its Discontents
- ch. 10 A Future with More Hope Than Fear.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Glaeser, Edward L. (Edward Ludwig), 1967- Survival of the city.
- ISBN:
- 9780593297681
- 0593297687
- OCLC:
- 1235950356
- Publisher Number:
- 99988685000
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