The Fires - How a Computer Formula, Big Ideas, and the Best of Intentions Burned Down New York City--and Determined the Future of Cities (Paperback)

A revealing account of the first time computer modeling met City Hall -- and the disaster that ensued
In 1968, New York City struck a deal with the RAND Corporation to use their computer models to establish more efficient public services and save millions of dollars, beginning their first civilian effort with the FDNY. Over the next decade a series of fires swept through New York, displacing more than 600,000 people, all thanks to the intentional withdrawal of fire protection from the city's poorest neighborhoods -- and all based on RAND's computer modeling systems.
In "The Fires," journalist Joe Flood provides an X-ray of the inner workings of New York City in the 1970s and of all modern cities, using the dramatic story of a pair of mayors, an ambitious Fire Commissioner, and an even more ambitious think tank to illuminate the patterns and formulas that are now inextricably woven into the very fabric of the modern urban experience.

General

Imprint:	Riverhead Books,U.S.
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	April 2011
First published:	April 2011
Authors:	Joe Flood
Dimensions:	209 x 141 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	368
ISBN-13:	978-1-59448-506-0
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Historical, political & military Books > Biography > Historical, political & military
LSN:	1-59448-506-2
Barcode:	9781594485060

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