Sinking Chicago - Climate Change and the Remaking of a Flood-Prone Environment

Harold L. Platt is Professor of History Emeritus at Loyola University Chicago. He is the author or editor of several books, including Shock Cities: The Environmental Transformation and Reform of Manchester and Chicago, and Building the Urban Environment: Visions of the Organic City in the United States, Europe, and Latin America (Temple ). He has twice won the book-of-the-year award from the American Public Works Association.

About the author

Harold L. Platt is Professor of History Emeritus at Loyola University Chicago. He is the author or editor of several books, including Shock Cities: The Environmental Transformation and Reform of Manchester and Chicago, and Building the Urban Environment: Visions of the Organic City in the United States, Europe, and Latin America (Temple ). He has twice won the book-of-the-year award from the American Public Works Association.

Product details

• Authors: Harold L Platt, Harold L. Platt
• Publisher: Temple University Press,U.S.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2018
• EAN: 9781439915486
• ISBN: 978-1-4399-1548-6
• No. of pages: 342
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 23 mm
• Illustrations: 7 figs., 13 maps
• Series: Urban Life, Landscape and Policy; Urban Life, Landscape and Poli; Urban Life, Landscape and Policy; Urban Life, Landscape and Poli
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education