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abandonment of property, 59, 62, 64–70, 125
Africa, 217
African Americans, 3, 9, 26, 77–79, 99–100, 132, 141, 149–51, 155– 62, 214
Agriculture Department, US (USDA), 126
air conditioning, 3, 7, 76
algorithms, 211, 212
alternative facts, 152
alt-right, 213
Alvarez, Daniel, 6
American Journal of Public Health, 70
American National Election Studies, 173
American Public Health Association (APHA), 128, 131
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 117–18
Anderson, Elijah, 16
Angel, Shlomo, 76
Annenberg Foundation, 88
Ansari, Aziz, 41, 42
Anti-intellectualism in American Life (Hofstadter), 94
Anzac Bridge, 22
Apple, 214
Araos, Malcolm, 198
architecture of accommodation, 195
Aristotle, 148
Army Corp of Engineers, US, 204
Associated Press, 8
athletic facilities, 155–59, 166–73
Atlantic, 60
automatic teller machines, 76
Baldassarri, Delia, 153
Bangladesh, 197–99
banks, 76
Barbershop (film series), 162
barbershops, 160–62, 226
Barnes & Noble, 222, 223–24
Baruch College, 97
Baskin, Hal, 5
Bay Area, 213–17
BBC, 8, 139
Bearman, Peter, 153
beer gardens, 20
BeltLine, 21
Biderman, Ciro, 71
BIG Group, 201
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, 88, 219
Billington, David, 231–32
Billion Oyster Project, 203–4
BING Art Books, 101, 103
Black Metropolis (Drake and Cayton), 161
Black Rage (Grier and Cobbs), 161
Blackstone Group, 219
Bloomberg, Michael, 190
Bloomberg News, 97
blue-collar workers, 9, 221
Bodega, 224–25
bookstores, 222, 223–24, 226
border walls, 19, 230
Bowling Alone (Putnam), 12
bowling leagues, 27–32
boyd, danah, 43
Brain, Marshall, 17
Branas, Charles, 63–65, 68–71, 132
Bratton, William J., 61
Brazil, 8, 73, 74–75
Bright, Al, 157
Brin, Sergey, 215
broken windows theory, 60–64
Brown, Les, 126–27
Brown University, 94, 95
Brown v. Board of Education, 157
Bureau of Labor Statistics, US, 13
cafés, 16, 20, 44, 75, 101, 103, 130, 226
Caius, John, 93
Caldeira, Teresa, 73
California, University of, 214, 216–17
Cambridge University, 93
Campus: An American Planning
Tradition (Turner), 92
campus design, 91–96, 98–99
Cantwell, Leasa and Guy, 185
Carnegie, Andrew, 24, 48, 217–19
Carnegie Corporation of New York, 88
Carse, Ashley, 14–15
Case, Anne, 119
Cayton, Horace, 161
Cedric the Entertainer, 162
census data, 77, 144
Center for an Urban Future, 221
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), US, 2–3, 189
Centre for Liveable Cities, 135, 136
Chan, Priscilla, 216
Chan Zuckerberg BioHub, 216
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, 216
Chicago, Ill., 22, 128–29
heat wave of 1995 in, 1–7, 15, 26, 76
housing in, 78–81
neighborhoods of, 4–7, 80, 100, 125–26, 129, 130, 131, 147–51, 179, 229
Polis Station project, 227–29
Chicago, University of, 99–105
Chicago Coalition for the Homeless, 126
childcare centers, 18, 19, 38–40
China, 8, 20, 138
cholera, 60
City of Walls (Caldeira), 73
City Project, Los Angeles, 143
City University of New York (CUNY), 139
civic associations, 11–13, 16, 23
civic skills, 140
climate change and security, 9, 129, 152, 186–87, 188–90, 191, 199
Clinton, Hillary, 22, 212
Cobb, Jelani, 114–16
Cobbs, Price, 161
collective effervescence, 31
College of William and Mary, 94, 96
Collegiate Learning Assessment, 109
Colombia, 72
Coming Apart (Murray), 12
communitas, 167
confounds, 145
Congress, US, 212
Contested Waters (Wiltse), 155–57
Cooley, Charles, 148
counterpublics, 160
country clubs’ exclusion policies, 19
Coursera, 105, 106
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, US, 157
crime, 21, 28, 57–60, 72, 75–79, 121–22
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED), 59, 73
Currency Exchange Café, 101, 103
currency exchanges, 76
Daley, Richard M., 6
Dandridge, Dorothy, 157
Dartmouth College, 94
Data & Society, 43
Deaton, Angus, 119
Defensible Space (Newman), 58
deindustrialization, 151
Delta Works, 195
Denver, 77–78, 220
De Urbanisten,196
Dewey, John, 12
Dober, Richard, 91–92
Donovan, Shaun, 200
Drake, St. Clair, 161
drinking grounds, 20
dry laws, 71–72
Dunkin’ Donuts, 44
Durkheim, Émile, 31, 119
East Side Coastal Resiliency Project, 201–2, 204, 231
eating clubs, 95
edX, 105
elderly, 3–6, 14, 26–31, 44–45, 134–39
Emanuel, Ezekiel, 106
Emanuel, Rahm, 229
Emerson, Michael, 182
environmental deprivation, 145
“Ethnography of Infrastructure, The” (Star), 14
eyes on street, 57
Facebook, 42, 43, 78, 181, 183, 193, 209–13, 214–16
favela, 74
Federal Reserve Bank, 64
FEMA, 189
filter bubbles, 152
Finland, 138
Fiorina, Morris, 151
Fischer, Claude, 13, 41
“Floating Cities, No Longer Science Fiction, Begin to Take Shape,” 199
food desert, 126, 127, 130, 215
foreclosure crisis, 10, 127
Foreign Policy, 8
Forward, The, 48
fossil fuel industry, 191
Fraser, Nancy, 160
fraternities, 96–98
Freedman, Samuel, 90
Fresno State, 97
Gang, Jeanne, 227–30
Garmin monitors, 132
gated communities, 8, 72–75
Gates, Theaster, 101, 103
gentrification, 21, 75–80, 213–17
Global Health Initiatives, 193
Global News, 8
global warming, 23, 186–87
Going Solo (Klinenberg), 134
Google, 214–15
Gordon, Billi, 142
Great Recession of 2008, 127, 225
Green, Keith, 66–68, 70
greenhouse gas emissions, 187, 204
Grier, William, 161
Growing Home, 127, 128, 129, 130
Guatemala, 8
gun violence, 63–64, 68–69
Hafstein, Valdimar, 155
Haidt, Jonathan, 173
Hannon, Lance, 65
Harcourt, Bernard, 61
Harris-Lacewell, Melissa, 161–62
Hart, Roger, 139–40
Harvard, 94, 95, 105
hawker centers, 135
hazing, 97
Heat Wave (Klinenberg), 7
heat waves, 1–7, 26, 76, 191
Herbert, Keith, 78
heroin, 118, 120–23
High Line, 21, 22
HIV, 121, 122, 175
Hofstadter, Richard, 94
homeless, 45, 99, 126, 166
homophily, 148
Honduras, 8
hot pots (geothermal pools), 20, 155–56
housing projects, 55–57, 78–80, 135–37
Houston, Tex., 177–85, 204–5
Hout, Mike, 152
HowStuffWorks website, 17
hurricanes, 177–85, 186, 189, 190, 191–93, 200–201, 205–6
Iceland, 20, 154–55
Illinois Private College Campus Police Act of 1992, 100
immigrants and immigrant communities, 46, 90, 147–50, 155, 156, 167–68, 183, 210, 218
Internet and library use by, 47– 50, 52, 89, 111, 174–75, 221
India, 8, 217
infrastructures, critical, 14–15, 24, 187, 227, 231–33
infrastructures, social, 14, 15, 17, 20–21, 24, 97, 112, 163–66, 194–95
athletic facilities as, 155–59, 166–73
for black community, 160–62
and climate security, 188–90
to combat isolation in elderly, 14, 26–31, 134–39
decline of, 7–11
defining of, 5, 16
effect of gentrification upon, 75–80
and Facebook, 209–13, 214–16
libraries as, 32
online universities as, 105, 106
religious groups as, 182–85, 188
revitalization of, 21–23
in rural areas, 19
schools as, 40–41
vs. social capital, 5
urban examples of, 101–4, 163– 66, 203–4
Ingels, Bjarke, 201, 231
Instagram, 42
Internet, 8, 13, 32, 41, 42, 86, 105, 152, 173–76, 219
isolation, 3, 97, 120
of African Americans, 3, 9, 99– 100, 155–60
effect of gated communities on, 74–75
among elderly, 3–6, 14, 26–31, 133–39
libraries’ role combating, 31–32, 34–37, 38, 112
Israel, 19
Istanbul, 17
Iyengar, Shanto, 152
izakayas, 20
Jacob, Klaus, 200
Jacobs, Jane, 16, 22, 57, 75, 76
James Beard Foundation, 48
Japan, 20, 135
Jeffery, C. Ray, 59
Kane, Basil, 168
karaoke bars, 20
Katzman, Jonathan, 107, 108–9
Keizer, Kees, 64
Kelling, George, 60–63
Kerrey, Bob, 107
Khan, Sal, 106
KhanAcademy.org, 106
Kimpton, Lawrence, 100
Klinenberg, Edward, 147–49
Kois, Dan, 155
Koller, Daphne, 105, 106
Koolhaas, Rem, 215
Kornblum, William, 149–50
Kosslyn, Stephen, 107, 109
Kuo, Frances, 79–80
Lamb, Robert, 17
Landman, Karina, 73–74
Lappset (manufacturing company), 138
LaRocca, Capri, 108
Latin America, 8
Latinos, 3, 9, 77, 141, 149–51, 225
levees, 15, 17
libraries, 10, 32, 37–39, 44, 45, 99, 111–16, 192, 219, 225–26
Carnegie’s support for, 24, 48, 53, 218
combating isolation with, 31–32, 34–37, 38, 112
floating, 198
immigrants’ use of, 46–50, 52, 111
programs for elderly in, 26–31, 38, 134
as safe spaces, 165–66
in Seward Park, 34, 35, 47, 48– 50, 52–53, 89, 111–12
Living Breakwaters, 203, 204, 230
LivingRoomConversations.org, 174
Los Angeles, Calif., 22, 142–44
Losinski, Patrick, 226
Loukaitou-Sideris, Anastasia, 137–39
Lurie, Nicole, 188
MacDonald, John, 60, 63–64, 68, 132
McDonald, Michael, 193–94
McDonald, Paul, 224
McDonald’s, 44–45
McLean, Katherine, 120
Marcus, Sharon, 112–14
Marsden, Peter, 13
Masons, 11
massive open online courses (MOOCs), 105–11
MassObservation collective, 19
“matched pairs,” 3, 4
MDRC (research firm), 91
Meier, Deborah, 87–88
methadone maintenance facilities, 122–24
Mexico, 19, 72
Michigan, University of, 96
Microsoft, 219
Midway Plaisance Master Plan, 100–101
mikvahs, 160
Minarik, Else Holmelund, 51
Minerva, 107–11
MIT, 105
Mitchell, Richard, 145
mobile phones, 41
Modern Romance (Klinenberg and Ansari), 41, 42
Molenaar, Arnoud, 195
“More Coffee, Less Crime?” (Papachristos), 77
mortality rates, 3, 4, 97, 118, 119, 121, 122, 145, 159, 191
Multiple Environmental Deprivation Index, 144–45
Murray, Charles, 12
MySpace, 43
naltrexone, 119
National Academy of Sciences, US, 126
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 11, 157
National Health Security Strategy, 189
National Hurricane Center, 178
National Study of Student Hazing, 97
National Weather Service, 182
needle distribution programs, 122
Nelson, Ben, 106
Netherland (O’Neill), 167–68
Netherlands, 64, 195
Newman, Oscar, 56–59
New Orleans, La., 17, 179, 189 Lafitte Greenway, 21–22, 205–7
New Urbanism movement, 13
New York, N.Y., 21, 88, 140–41, 190
effect of Hurricane Sandy upon, 191, 192–93, 200–201
immigrant communities in, 46–50, 89
library system in, 33, 37, 51, 219–21
neighborhoods, 25–32, 47–48, 89, 90–91, 163–66, 201–4
subway system, 18–19, 117
New Yorker, 116, 167
New York Harbor School, 203
New York Public Library, 33, 51, 219, 221
New York Resilience System, 193
New York Times, 88, 173, 199
Nextdoor (website), 175
Ng, Andrew, 105
No Fighting (Minarik), 51
Northern Illinois University, 97
Obama, Barack, 188, 200
obesity, 32, 126, 140, 142
OkCupid, 42
Oldenburg, Ray, 16, 75
Olmsted, Frederick Law, Jr., 143
Olympic Games of 2008, 138
OMA New York, 215
online universities, 105–11
Open University, 106
opioid addiction, 118–24
Orff, Kate, 203, 230
Oxford English Dictionary, 14
Oxford University, New College, 93
Palestine, 19
pan-European heat wave of 2003, 191
Papachristos, Andrew, 77, 78–79
Paris Agreement of 2016, 231
Parks, Playgrounds and Beaches for the Los Angeles Region (Olmsted), 143
parks and gardens, 11, 16, 22, 32, 59, 128–29, 131, 138, 143
Patterson, Orlando, 160
Pearce, Jamie, 144
Penn State, 97
Pennsylvania, University of, Health System, 64, 65, 132
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS), 64, 65–68
Petite Ceinture, 22
Pew Research Center surveys, 33, 106
Philadelphia, Pa., 22, 64–70, 132–33
Philanthropy Roundtable, 217–18
Placemaking for an Aging
Population (Loukaitou-Sideris), 137
Plato, 148
Plough, Alonzo, 189
polarization, 173–76, 212
Polis Station, 227–30
poverty, 3, 4, 26, 48, 60, 65, 79, 130, 225
primary group, 148
Princeton University, 94
private security, 8, 73, 100
public housing, 55–57, 79–81, 134
pubs, 19–20
Puerto Rico, 186
Pugh, Cordia, 125–26, 128
Putnam, Robert, 12, 30
rail network, 21, 117
Rajan, Ashwath, 224
Raudenbush, Stephen, 62
Reagan, Ronald, 15
Rebuild by Design, 48, 200, 201
recovery capital, 122
remediation programs, 68–71
#Republic (Sunstein), 153
Rhodes, Harry, 127, 129–31
Rockaway Beach Surf Club, 193
Rotterdam, 17, 22, 195–96
Rovaniemi Polytechnic, 138
Russia, 212, 213
Rutgers University, 94
safe injection clinics, 122–24
Safety Check, 211
Sampson, Robert, 62
Sanjek, Roger, 164, 165, 166
Schilero, Lucy, 164–65
schools, 40–41, 72, 84, 85, 86–91, 198
Schultz, Debbie Wasserman, 173
Schwarzman, Stephen, 219
Science, 64
seasteading, 199
secondary group, 148
Second International Architecture Biennale, 195
Secure America Now, 213
Sendak, Maurice, 51
sexual assault, 97, 123, 156
Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha, 198
shipping docks, 21
Show Me a Hero (HBO miniseries), 58
Siegel, Jessica, 90
Silicon Valley, 105, 170, 199, 211– 12, 214, 216, 219
Simon, Paul and Shelle, 177–85
Singapore, 17, 135–36, 194–95
Small, Mario, 39
Small Victories (Freedman), 89
Snow, John, 60
social atomization, 18
social capital, 5, 8, 12, 32, 120, 152
social media, 41, 173
sororities, 96–98
South, Eugenia, 131–32
South Africa, 73–74
Spain, 138
Spelman, William, 65
Stanford University, 105, 216
Star, Susan Leigh, 14
Starbucks, 44, 45, 51, 78
Stavros Niarchos Foundation, 219
stop and frisk police program, 59
Strijkers, Doepel, 22
Studio Gang, 227
suicide, 119
Sullivan, William, 79–80
Summers, Lawrence, 107
sundlaug (public pool), 154–55
Sunstein, Cass, 153, 173
Supportive Place for Observation and Treatment (SPOT), 123
Supreme Court, US, 157, 158
Swanson, Betty, 6–7
Sweden, 137
swimming pools, 154–59
Switzerland, 120–22, 135
teenagers, 38, 43, 44, 174
Thiel, Peter, 199
third places, 16, 20, 44–45
Thrun, Sebastian, 105
Tinder, 42
Tocqueville, Alexis de, 11–12, 32
Today Online, 8
Toronto City Council, 22
transient communities, 19
transit networks, 16–17, 19
Trump, Donald, 10, 19, 22, 210, 227
Turkle, Sherry, 42–43, 173
Turner, Paul, 92–93, 94
Turner, Victor, 167
Twitter, 43
Udacity, 105, 106
United Kingdom, 106, 122, 135, 138, 142, 144
United Nations, 133
United States, 19, 135, 137, 142–44
and critical infrastructure, 22–23, 117
gun violence rates in, 63
library use by city, 33–34
presidential election of 2016, 8, 22, 151, 152, 174, 210, 212
urban remediation programs, 68–71
urban farms, 126–28, 129
Urban Health Initiative, 101
Vargas, João Costa, 74
voluntary associations, 12, 13, 16, 32, 153
Wade, Lisa, 98
Warner, Michael, 160
Washington, DC Federal Triangle, 17
Wei Da Lim, 135
Westwood, Sean, 152
WhatsApp, 175
Wilcrest Baptist Church, 182–85
Williams, Jonathan, 183
Wilson, James Q., 60–63
Wiltse, Jeff, 155–57, 159
Wire, The (tv series), 121
Woo, Rodney, 183
Wood, James, 167
Worby, Eric, 172
World Bank, 72
World Health Organization, 133–34
Wridt, Pamela, 140, 141–42
Yale College, 94
Yamasaki, Minoru, 55
YouTube, 159
Zalkind, Susan, 123
Zambrana, Haydee, 165
Zimring, Franklin, 62
Zoorob, Michael, 120
Zuckerberg, Mark, 209–13, 216–17