The Spotter's Guide to Urban Engineering: Infrastructure and Technology in the Modern Landscape
This book peels away the layers and provides user a closer look at the technology that enables us to enjoy...modern-day conveniences. (Shannon Graff HysellAmerican Reference Books Annual 20122012-04-01)For general attention-paying, check out The Spotter's Guide to Urban Engineering, a new book that falls somewhere between the pocket-handy Field Guide to Roadside Technology and the irreplaceable but unwieldy Infrastructure: The Book of Everything for the Industrial Landscape. The Spotter's Guide is sort of the bathroom book that goes between the pocket Field Guide and the encyclopedic Infrastructure. Too big for your pocket yet not overwhelmingly thorough, it's a great place to dip--how do canal locks work? the world's most complicated roundabout? a movable bridge that curls instead of lifting or rotating? It's all here. (Scott HulerScientific American2012-01-06)