Title: Heat Wave
Description: A “social autopsy” (Klinenberg’s phrase) of Chicago’s citizens and institutions after the July 1995 heat wave that killed over 700 people.
Subjects: Older people, Social conditions, Services for, Older disaster victims, Heat waves (Meteorology), Disasters, Older people, services for, Chicago (ill.), social conditions, Social aspects, Aged, Health Services for the Aged, Hot Temperature, Urban Population, Socioeconomic Factors, Heat Stress Disorders, Mortality, Adverse effects, Epidemiology, Urban Health Services, Research
Places: Chicago
People: Richard M. Daley
Time periods: 1995