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020			_a‎ 978-0143112709
082			_aVSCL _bASC
100			_aAscher, Kate
245		4	_aThe Works: Anatomy of a City
260			_a. _bPenguin Books _c2007
300			_a240p. _c27.38 x 21.49 x 1.52 cm _rPaperback
504			_aHave 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.
650			_aDevelopment
650			_aEconomic Policy
650			_aGovernment books
650			_aInfrastructure
650			_aNew York
650			_aPublic Policy
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