TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ascher, Kate
TI  - The Works: Anatomy of a City
SN  - ‎ 978-0143112709
U1  - VSCL 
PY  - 2007///
CY  - .
PB  - Penguin Books
KW  - Development
KW  - Economic Policy
KW  - Government books
KW  - Infrastructure
KW  - New York
KW  - Public Policy
N1  - 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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