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

The Fires

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

2010 • 325 pages

Contends how computer remodeling of 1970s-era New York City led to the withdrawal of fire protection services from poor neighborhoods that subsequently burned down and displaced hundreds of thousands of people, citing the contributions of the RAND Corporation and various political figures.


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