The infrastructure book : how cities work and power our lives /
"World-renowned urban engineering expert Sybil Derrible reveals the behind-the-scenes machinations of the foundational systems that make our societies function. After reading this book, readers will never look at a city the same way"--
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Essex, Connecticut :
Prometheus Books,
[2025]
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Table of Contents:
- What is infrastructure and how to read this book
- Water collection : all aqueducts lead to Rome
- Water treatment : drinking from the seas in Tel-Aviv
- Water distribution : quenching the soaring dragon in Hong Kong
- Sanitary sewers : conscience, convergence, and clarifiers in Paris
- Stormwater management : rain or shine, climate resilience in Copenhagen
- Traffic and roads : stuck on the 405 in Los Angeles
- Public transport : minding the gap in London
- Active transport : pathways, bikeways, and shared spaces in Amsterdam
- Integrated transport : the only way to prevent transport chaos in Shanghai
- Electricity generation : the powers that power Cape Town
- Electricity distribution : the birth of the grid in Chicago
- Natural gas : a dead cow, an oracle, and a rotten egg smell in Buenos Aires
- Solid waste management : from a garbage war to a sea forest in Tokyo
- Analog telecommunication : can you hear me now in New York City
- Digital telecommunication : surfing on the internet in San Francisco
- Infrastructure : we have come full circle in Singapore
- Concluding remarks and the future of infrastructure.