TY - BOOK A2 - Jesse H. Ausubel A2 - Robert Herman TI - Cities and Their Vital Systems: Infrastructure Past, Present, and Future SN - 978-0-309-03786-0 DO - 10.17226/1093 PY - 1988 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/1093/cities-and-their-vital-systems-infrastructure-past-present-and-future PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Behavioral and Social Sciences AB - Cities and Their Vital Systems asks basic questions about the longevity, utility, and nature of urban infrastructures; analyzes how they grow, interact, and change; and asks how, when, and at what cost they should be replaced. Among the topics discussed are problems arising from increasing air travel and airport congestion; the adequacy of water supplies and waste treatment; the impact of new technologies on construction; urban real estate values; and the field of "telematics," the combination of computers and telecommunications that makes money machines and national newspapers possible. ER -