Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Made Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier and Happier

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by Edward Glaeser


  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
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  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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