![]() ![]() Places with similar demographics but more cohesive fabric fared better. There, he discovered that the likelihood of death or illness from the heat related not only to deprivation and social position, as might be expected, but also to the physical form and condition of the neighbourhood – “bombed-out” areas, with vacant lots and ragged streets, made their residents’ chances worse. Its theme is important and timely, but it leaves you wanting more.Įric Klinenberg is a sociologist based at New York University, who made his name with a study of a lethal 1995 heatwave in his native Chicago. ![]() ![]() It doesn’t like Trump, racial segregation or climate change denial. It champions “social infrastructure”, meaning libraries, urban farms, playgrounds, sports grounds and all the other shared spaces that allow people to make connections, form networks and find ways to know and help one another. T his is a book with which few Observer readers will disagree. ![]()
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