Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago

By K. Tomic. 2003

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Subfields: Environmental Engineering, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

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Connecting people and place: a new framework for reducing urban vulnerability to extreme heat (2010, background): “…characteristics of individuals and communities, building structure and housing density, access to material resources, and social networks, impact the ability of human populations to respond to and cope with these exposures (Harlan et al 2006, Klinenberg 2002, McMichael 2000, Wilhelmi et al 2004).”
Determinants of quality of life amongst older people in deprived neighbourhoods (2004, background): “Several recent studies have identified a number of environmental risks for older people who ‘age in place’ in cities, several of them associated with managing everyday activities (Hannan Foundation 2001 ; Phillipson et al. 2001; Klinenburg 2002; Scharf et al. 2002; Newman 2003).”
Landscapes of thermal inequity: disproportionate exposure to urban heat in the three largest US cities (2015, result): “This limited exposure appears to be inconsistent with prior research which suggests that elderly adults are not only a particularly vulnerable group, but may have higher levels of exposure (Semenza et al 1996, Klinenberg 2002, Fouillet et al 2006).”
Explaining differential vulnerability to climate change: A social science review (2018, background): “In Chicago, a severe heat wave in 1995 prompted the city to develop outreach programs to particularly vulnerable populations, such as the elderly; after the programs were implemented, fewer people died during subsequent heat waves (Klinenberg, 2002).”
Relation between elevated ambient temperature and mortality: a review of the epidemiologic evidence. (2002, background): “Klinenberg (91) recently provided a comprehensive description of the Chicago heat wave of 1995, elegantly highlighting how an unusual period of high temperature resulted in striking excess mortality for particular people in specific neighborhoods in Chicago.”
Neighborhood microclimates and vulnerability to heat stress. (2006, background): “Klinenberg (2002) noted that neighborhoods with stronger ties had better social support and lower mortality rates during Chicago's 1995 heat wave.”
Come take a walk with me: the "go-along" interview as a novel method for studying the implications of place for health and well-being. (2009, background): “If so, what are the implications for health, safety, and well-being (e.g., see Klinenberg, 2002)?”