Science and the city
Subtitle: the mechanics behind the metropolis
By: Laurie Winkless
Series: Bloomsbury sigma series; Bloomsbury sigma series
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 298
ISBN-13: 9781472913210; 9781472915382
Subjects: Cities and towns; Technological innovations; Civil engineering
Description: "Cities are a big deal. More people now live in them than don't, and with a growing world population, the urban jungle is only going to get busier in the coming decades. But how often do we stop to think about what makes our cities work? Cities are built using some of the most creative and revolutionary science and engineering ideas--from steel structures that scrape the sky to glass cables that enable communication at the speed of light--but most of us are too busy to notice. Science and the City is your guidebook to that hidden world, helping you to uncover some of the remarkable technologies that keep the world's great metropolises moving. Laurie Winkless takes us around cities in six continents to find out how they're dealing with the challenges of feeding, housing, powering and connecting more people than ever before. In this book, you'll meet urban pioneers from history, along with today's experts in everything from roads to time, and you will uncover the vital role science has played in shaping the city around you. But more than that, by exploring cutting-edge research from labs across the world, you'll build your own vision of the megacity of tomorrow, based on science fact rather than science fiction"--Dust jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-280) and index.
Table of contents: title: Up; title: Switch; title: Wet; title: Way; title: Drive; title: Loco; title: Connect; title: City.