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

By Advisory Committee on Technology and Soc and Advisory Committee on Technology and Society

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309037867
• ISBN13: 9780309037860
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"