Cities and Their Vital Systems : Infrastructure Past, Present, and Future

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Title: Cities and Their Vital Systems : Infrastructure Past, Present, and Future
Description: Cities and Their Vital Systems asks basic questions about the longevity, utility, and nature of urban infrastructures; analyzes how they grow, interact, and change; and asks how, when, and at what cost they should be replaced. Among the topics discussed are problems arising from increasing air travel and airport congestion; the adequacy of water supplies and waste treatment; the impact of new technologies on construction; urban real estate values; and the field of'telematics,'the combination of computers and telecommunications that makes money machines and national newspapers possible.
Authors: Advisory Committee on Technology and Society, Robert Herman, Jesse H. Ausubel
Resource Type: eBook.
Subjects: Cities and towns--United States--Growth--Congresses, Infrastructure (Economics)--United States--Congresses, Public works--United States--Congresses
Categories: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Demography
Database: eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)
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Abstract:Cities and Their Vital Systems asks basic questions about the longevity, utility, and nature of urban infrastructures; analyzes how they grow, interact, and change; and asks how, when, and at what cost they should be replaced. Among the topics discussed are problems arising from increasing air travel and airport congestion; the adequacy of water supplies and waste treatment; the impact of new technologies on construction; urban real estate values; and the field of'telematics,'the combination of computers and telecommunications that makes money machines and national newspapers possible.
ISBN:9780309037860
9780585142487
9780309555166