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Guide to Urban Engineering
Claire Barratt
Ian Whitelaw
其他書名
Infrastructure and Technology in the Modern Landscape
出版
History
, 2012-02
主題
Business & Economics / Industries / General
Business & Economics / Industries / Agribusiness
Business & Economics / Industries / Energy
Business & Economics / Industries / Transportation
History / Europe / Great Britain / General
History / Modern / 20th Century / General
History / Social History
Social Science / Archaeology
Social Science / Sociology / Urban
Technology & Engineering / Engineering (General)
Technology & Engineering / Civil / General
Technology & Engineering / Environmental / General
Technology & Engineering / Telecommunications
ISBN
0752469975
9780752469973
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=bcaXpwAACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
Spotter's guides traditionally focus on the natural world but if we are to understand the modern landscape it is vital to recognise its manmade features. Guide to Urban Engineering provides non-specialist readers with an introduction to the technology that underpins modern life. It is a useful identification tool to the anonymous blocks, unremarkable roads, and often disregarded features of our urban, suburban and rural landscapes. The book is divided into five main areas of infrastructure: Raw materials (including mining, agriculture, waterworks); Power (including electricity grids, power stations, oil and gas extraction and renewable energies); Transport (railways, roads, canals, aviation); Telecommunications (including telephony, radio and television, digital and satellite technology); and Waste (including sewers, industrial waste management, recycling). Each chapter fully explores the various engineering features and structures, detailing what they are, what they do, how they do it, and, most importantly, how to identify them.