Cities and Their Vital Systems

Infrastructure Past, Present, and Future

von Advisory Committee on Technology and Society

368 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.02.1988
• Verlag: National Academies Press
• Herausgegeben von: Robert Herman, Jesse H Ausubel