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 |
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| 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) |
| 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. |
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| ISBN: | 9780309037860 9780585142487 9780309555166 |
