Works Anatomy of a City

Name: Works Anatomy of a City
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ISBN: 9780143112709

ISBN-10: 0143112708

ISBN-13: 9780143112709

Edition: 2007

Authors: Kate Ascher, Wendy Marech, Alexander Isley Inc

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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 Workstakes 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 Worksgives readers a unique glimpse…

Book details

List price: $27.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 11/27/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 8.50" wide x 10.79" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 1.936
Language: English