The Works: Anatomy of a City
ISBN-13:
9780143112709
ISBN-10:
0143112708
Edition:
Illustrated
Author:
Kate Ascher
Publication date:
2007
Publisher:
Penguin Books
Format:
Paperback
228 pages
Category:
Urban & Land Use Planning
,
Architecture
,
Technology
,
Urban Planning & Development
,
Social Sciences
,
Urban
,
Sociology
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ISBN-13:
9780143112709
ISBN-10:
0143112708
Edition:
Illustrated
Author:
Kate Ascher
Publication date:
2007
Publisher:
Penguin Books
Format:
Paperback
228 pages
Category:
Urban & Land Use Planning
,
Architecture
,
Technology
,
Urban Planning & Development
,
Social Sciences
,
Urban
,
Sociology
Summary
The Works: Anatomy of a City (ISBN-13: 9780143112709 and ISBN-10: 0143112708), written by authors
Kate Ascher, was published by Penguin Books in 2007.
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Description
A fascinating guided tour of the ways things work in a modern city
Have you ever wondered how the water in your faucet gets there? Where your garbage goes? What the pipes under city streets do? How bananas from Ecuador get to your local market? Why radiators in apartment buildings clang? Using New York City as its point of reference, The Works takes readers down manholes and behind the scenes to explain exactly how an urban infrastructure operates. Deftly weaving text and graphics, author Kate Ascher explores the systems that manage water, traffic, sewage and garbage, subways, electricity, mail, and much more. Full of fascinating facts and anecdotes, The Works gives readers a unique glimpse at what lies behind and beneath urban life in the twenty-first century.
Have you ever wondered how the water in your faucet gets there? Where your garbage goes? What the pipes under city streets do? How bananas from Ecuador get to your local market? Why radiators in apartment buildings clang? Using New York City as its point of reference, The Works takes readers down manholes and behind the scenes to explain exactly how an urban infrastructure operates. Deftly weaving text and graphics, author Kate Ascher explores the systems that manage water, traffic, sewage and garbage, subways, electricity, mail, and much more. Full of fascinating facts and anecdotes, The Works gives readers a unique glimpse at what lies behind and beneath urban life in the twenty-first century.
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