INDEX
Acela Express
Adams, Sam
African Americans
busing and
in Chicago
in Detroit
housing and
in New York City
northward migration of
poverty among
segregation and
zoning ordinances and
agriculture
AIDS
Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC)
airports
American Chamber of Commerce Research Association (ACCRA)
Amtrak
Anchorage
animals, pack
Antonio the Counselor
Archimedes
arts
live performance
museums
music
in Renaissance
theater
Ashcroft, Peggy
asphalt paving
Athens
Atlanta
automobile industry
in Detroit
automobiles
cities and lifestyles built around
environmental impact of; see also carbon emissions
fuel-efficient
gas for, see gasoline
space needed by
traffic congestion from, see traffic congestion
Bagchi, Subroto
Baghdad
Bairoch, Paul
Baltimore
Bangalore
information technology companies in
Barcelona:
Eixample district in
Passeig de Gràcia in
Barron, Patrick
Baum-Snow, Nathaniel
Beame, Abe
Becker, Gary
Beethoven, Ludwig van
Beijing
Benz, Karl
Berkeley
Bertelli, Patrizio
Bible
Bilbao
Bing, David
biomedical research
Birmingham (Alabama)
Birmingham (England)
Bixee
Black Boy (Wright)
Bloomberg, Michael
Bogotá
books
Boston
biomedical research in
crime in
Curley as mayor of
education in
financial services in
founding of
immigrants in
Kennedy family in
management counseling in
port of
streets in
transit and income zones in
travel between New York and
Boston
Boston Scientific
Botswana
Boulton, Matthew
Brandeis, Louis
Bratton, William
Brazil
Rio de Janeiro, see Rio de Janeiro
slavery in
Brillat-Savarin, Jean Anthelme
Brill Building
Brin, Sergey
British East India Company
Brookline
Bruges
Brunelleschi, Filippo
Brussels
Buenos Aires
Buffalo
building construction
in Atlanta
in Chicago
in Detroit
and helping people vs. places
in Houston
in London
in Mumbai
in New York City
NIMBYism and
in Paris
population growth and
property rights and
restrictions on
in Singapore
buildings
elevators in
height of
preservation of, see preservation
skyscrapers
Burbage, James
Burbage, Richard
Burj Al Arab
Burnham, Daniel
Burr, Aaron
buses
Bush, Vannevar
busing
Byron, George Gordon, Lord
Caillebotte, Gustave
Cain, Robert
Cairo
Calhoun, John B.
California
environmentalism and growth controls in
housing in
Los Angeles, see Los Angeles
San Francisco, see San Francisco
San Francisco Bay
Santa Clara County
Silicon Valley, see Silicon Valley
water supplies in
California Environmental Quality Act (1970)
Canada
immigrants in
Canudos
carbon emissions
in China
in India
tax on
Carnegie, Andrew
cars, see automobiles
Cavanagh, Jerome
Celebration
Cerdà, Ildefons
Charles, Prince
Charlottesville
Cheng, James
Chicago
African American population in
building construction in
Gold Coast
housing in
Loop in
restaurants in
Second City in
water supply in
waterways and
China
carbon emissions in
cars in
growth patterns in
Guangdong rebellion in
Hong Kong
Shanghai
urbanization in
Chinitz, Benjamin
cholera
Chrysler Building
Churchill, Winston
Civil Rights Act (1964)
Civil Rights Act (1968)
Cleveland
climate change
commuting
by car
in Houston
in New York City
by public transit
reverse
time spent in
CompStat
computer industry:
geographic concentration in
see also information technology
Constantinople
construction, see building construction
consumer cities
consumer pleasures
museums
restaurants
shops
theaters
Copenhagen
corn
corruption
Costa, Dora
cost of living
crime
in Boston
building height and
community policing and
CompStat and
in Detroit
incarceration and
law enforcement and
in Mumbai
murder
in New York City
riots
waves of
criminal system
Croton Aqueduct
cultures, cities as gateways between
culinary knowledge and
Curley, James Michael
Cutler, David
Daimler, Gottfried
Daley, Richard J.
Daley, Richard M.
Dallas
death:
murder
rates of
suicide
Death and Life of Great American Cities, The (Jacobs)
decline
construction projects and
of Detroit
and helping people vs. places
population loss
De Forest, Lee
Democratic Republic of Congo
Kinshasa
Design with Nature (McHarg)
Detroit
African Americans in
automobile industry in
building projects in
Cavanagh as mayor of
crime in
decline of
founding of
/>
growth of
housing in
income in
income tax in
People Mover in
poverty in
Renaissance Center in
riots in
unemployment in
waterborne commerce and
Young as mayor of
Detroit Dry Dock
Detroit Red Wings
Detroit River
dictatorships
Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)
Dinkins, David
disease and health
AIDS
cholera
death rates
in Kinshasa
life expectancy
in Los Angeles
in Mumbai
in New York City
plague
street cleaning and
typhoid fever
water supply and
yellow fever
division of labor
Donatello
Donohue, John
Dreiser, Theodore
Dubai
Durant, Billy
Duranton, Gilles
Dutch
Dutch Revolt
East St. Louis
eBay
economics
Edison, Thomas
education and skills
in Atlanta
in Boston
democracy and
improving
in Japan
in Milan
in Minneapolis
political corruption decreased by
in Singapore
wages and
see also schools
Eiffel Tower
Eisenhower, Dwight
electricity use
electronic communications
elevators
Elwell, Cyril
Emerson, Ralph Waldo
Empire State Building
employment, see jobs
energy consumption
electricity
in New York State
in suburbs
England
unions in
entertainment, see consumer pleasures
entrepreneurship
in India
in New York City
in Silicon Valley
see also ideas and innovation
environment
car-based living and
carbon emissions and, see carbon emissions
cities as good for
energy consumption and, see energy consumption
garden living and
global warming and
suburbs and
wetlands
environmental impact reviews
environmentalism
in California
first phase of
global perspective in
Livingstone and
Lorax fallacy in
Prince Charles and
smart
unintended consequences of
wealth and
The Woodlands and
Equitable Life Assurance Association
Erickson, Arthur
Erie Canal
Escoffier, Auguste
Europe
car ownership in
industrial cities in
plague in
sprawl in
externalities
exurbs
see also suburbs
Facebook
face-to-face contact
Fairchild, Sherman
farming
fashion, garment, and textile industries
Federal Highway Act (1921)
Federal Housing Administration (FHA)
Federal Telegraph Corporation (FTC)
Fermi, Enrico
Ferrie, Joseph
Ferriss, Hugh
Fidelity Investments
finance
firearms
Fitzgerald, F. Scott
Fitzgerald, John F. “Honey Fitz,”
Flatiron Building
Florence
Renaissance in
Florida
Florida, Richard
Forbes
Ford, Gerald
Ford, Henry
Ford, Henry
Foster, Norman
Fountainhead, The (Rand)
France
car travel in
Paris, see Paris
schools in
Franco, Francisco
Freeman Field
free trade
Frick, Henry Clay
friends and social networks
Fryer, Roland
Fuller, George
Gaborone
Gandhi, Mohandas K.
Gans, Herbert
Garden Cities of Tomorrow (Howard)
garment, textile, and fashion industries
gasoline:
carbon emissions and
consumption of
price of
taxes on
Gates, Bill
General Motors
Geneva
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