{"product_id":"the-fires-how-a-computer-formula-big-ideas-and-the-best-of-intentions-burned-down-new-york-city-and-determined-the-future-of-cities-paperback","title":"The Fires: How a Computer Formula, Big Ideas, and the Best of Intentions Burned Down New York City--And Determined the Future of Cities - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoe Flood\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA revealing account of the first time computer modeling met City Hall -- and the disaster that ensued\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1968, New York City struck a deal with the RAND Corporation to use their computer models to establish more efficient public services and save millions of dollars, beginning their first civilian effort with the FDNY. Over the next decade a series of fires swept through New York, displacing more than 600,000 people, all thanks to the intentional withdrawal of fire protection from the city's poorest neighborhoods -- and all based on RAND's computer modeling systems. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Fires\u003c\/i\u003e, journalist Joe Flood provides an X-ray of the inner workings of New York City in the 1970s and of all modern cities, using the dramatic story of a pair of mayors, an ambitious Fire Commissioner, and an even more ambitious think tank to illuminate the patterns and formulas that are now inextricably woven into the very fabric of the modern urban experience.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoe Flood is a journalist who has spent the last seven years--since before he graduated from Harvard--researching the facts and implications of the epidemic of fires that swept through New York City in the 1970s. He has worked for \u003ci\u003eDoubleTake Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe New York Sun\u003c\/i\u003e, and is the co-editor of the \"definitive\" anthology \u003ci\u003eResistance: A Political History of the Lower East Side\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.95 x 8.18 x 5.54 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 05, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48318715789560,"sku":"9781594485060","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0698\/5629\/7208\/files\/9Zi78WUG5j9781594485060.webp?v=1777776631","url":"https:\/\/barneysbooksellers.com\/products\/the-fires-how-a-computer-formula-big-ideas-and-the-best-of-intentions-burned-down-new-york-city-and-determined-the-future-of-cities-paperback","provider":"Barney's Book Sellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}