The works : anatomy of a city / Kate Ascher ; researched by Wendy Marech.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Penguin Press, 2007, c2005.Description: 228 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 29 cmISBN:- 9780143112709 (pbk.)
- Anatomy of a city
- 307.1216 22
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Books | Australian Emergency Management Library | BOOK | 307.121622 ASC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 900111684 |
Includes index.
Moving people : streets, subway, bridges & tunnels -- Moving freight : rail freight, maritime freight, air cargo, markets -- Power : electricity, natural gas, steam -- Communications : telephone, moving the mail, the airwaves -- Keeping it clean : water, sewage, garbage -- The future.
Have you ever wondered how the water in your faucet gets there? Where your garbage goes? What the pipes under the city streets do? Using New York City as its point of reference, The Works takes you down the manhole and behind the scenes to explain exactly how an urban infrastrucure operates. Explore the complex systems that manage water, traffic, sewage and garbage, subways, electricity, amil and much more. [Book Cover]
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