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Survival of the city : the future of urban life in an age of isolation / Edward Glaeser and David Cutler.

By: Contributor(s): Publisher: New York : Penguin Press, 2021Description: 468 pages ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0593297687
  • 9780593297681
  • 9780593297704
Other title:
  • Survival of the city : human flourishing in an age of isolation
  • Survival of the city : living and thriving in an age of isolation
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Survival of the cityDDC classification:
  • 307.760973 23
LOC classification:
  • HT123 .G563 2021
Contents:
The city besieged -- Will globalization lead to permanent pandemic? -- Can Indian sewers make Indiana healthier? -- Can our bodies be more pandemic proof? -- Why did so much healthcare spending produce so little health? -- Do robots spread disease? -- What is the future of downtown? -- The battle for Boyle Heights and the closing of the metropolitan frontier -- Urbanization and its discontents -- A future with more hope than fear.
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.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [245]-454) and index.

The city besieged -- Will globalization lead to permanent pandemic? -- Can Indian sewers make Indiana healthier? -- Can our bodies be more pandemic proof? -- Why did so much healthcare spending produce so little health? -- Do robots spread disease? -- What is the future of downtown? -- The battle for Boyle Heights and the closing of the metropolitan frontier -- Urbanization and its discontents -- A future with more hope than fear.

"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.

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