Heat Wave (Paperback, 2 Revised Edition)

On Thursday, July 13, 1995, Chicagoans awoke to a blistering day on which the temperature would eventually climb to 106 degrees. It was the start of an unprecedented heat wave that would last a full week - and leave more than seven hundred people dead. Rather than view these deaths as the inevitable consequence of natural disaster, sociologist Eric Klinenberg decided to figure out why so many people - and, specifically, so many elderly, poor, and isolated people - died, and to identify the social and political failures that together made the heat wave so deadly. Published to coincide with the twentieth anniversary of the heat wave, this new edition of Klinenberg's groundbreaking book includes a new foreword by the author that reveals what we've learned in the years since its initial publication in 2002, and how in coming decades the effects of climate change will intensify the social and environmental pressures in urban areas around the world.

General

Imprint:	University of Chicago Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	May 2015
Authors:	Eric Klinenberg
Dimensions:	232 x 153 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	320
Edition:	2 Revised Edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-226-27618-2
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Environmental impact of natural disasters & phenomena Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Pollution & threats to the environment > Global warming Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Social impact of disasters > General Promotions
LSN:	0-226-27618-X
Barcode:	9780226276182

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