Engineering the City: How Infrastructure Works, Projects and Principles for Beginners

by Matthys Levy, Richard Panchyk

How does a city obtain water, gas, and electricity? Where do these services come from? How are they transported? The answer is infrastructure, or the inner, and sometimes invisible, workings of the city. Roads, railroads, bridges, telephone wires, and power lines are visible elements of the infrastructure; sewers, plumbing pipes, wires, tunnels, cables, and sometimes rails are usually buried underground or hidden behind walls. Engineering the City tells the fascinating story of infrastructure as it developed through history along with the growth of cities. Experiments, games, and construction diagrams show how these structures are built, how they work, and how they affect the environment of the city and the land outside it.

Genres: Urban Planning, Nonfiction, Engineering

129 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2000

Reviews

[Michael Murphy · Rating 4 out of 5]

expected a more technical approach. great for kids, but still good for adults.

[Trish Remley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bought this book for James when he was 11 or so. When going through books this winter, put it in my pile to read. Although I knew most everything in it, there were a few interesting facts I did learn. I can see how it would be an very good intro to these concepts for children including the experiments one can do to try out the principals. I recently asked James, now an electrical engineer, if he had read the book and he had!

[Eagle Watcher · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book gives a brief description of the history of infrastructure.