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Acclaimed engineer and historian Henry Petroski explores our core infrastructure from both historical and contemporary perspectives, explaining how essential their maintenance is to America’s economic health. Petroski reveals the genesis of the many parts of America’s highway system—our interstate numbering system, the centerline that divides roads, and such(...)
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Acclaimed engineer and historian Henry Petroski explores our core infrastructure from both historical and contemporary perspectives, explaining how essential their maintenance is to America’s economic health. Petroski reveals the genesis of the many parts of America’s highway system—our interstate numbering system, the centerline that divides roads, and such(...)
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The road taken: the history and future of America's infrastructure
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Acclaimed engineer and historian Henry Petroski explores our core infrastructure from both historical and contemporary perspectives, explaining how essential their maintenance is to America’s economic health. Petroski reveals the genesis of the many parts of America’s highway system—our interstate numbering system, the centerline that divides roads, and such taken-for-granted objects as guardrails, stop signs, and traffic lights—all crucial to our national and local infrastructure. A compelling work of history, "The road taken" is also an urgent clarion call aimed at American citizens, politicians, and anyone with a vested interest in our economic well-being. Physical infrastructure in the United States is crumbling, and Petroski reveals the complex and challenging interplay between government and industry inherent in major infrastructure improvement. The road we take in the next decade toward rebuilding our aging infrastructure will in large part determine our future national prosperity.
The road taken: the history and future of America's infrastructure
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Acclaimed engineer and historian Henry Petroski explores our core infrastructure from both historical and contemporary perspectives, explaining how essential their maintenance is to America’s economic health. Petroski reveals the genesis of the many parts of America’s highway system—our interstate numbering system, the centerline that divides roads, and such taken-for-granted objects as guardrails, stop signs, and traffic lights—all crucial to our national and local infrastructure. A compelling work of history, "The road taken" is also an urgent clarion call aimed at American citizens, politicians, and anyone with a vested interest in our economic well-being. Physical infrastructure in the United States is crumbling, and Petroski reveals the complex and challenging interplay between government and industry inherent in major infrastructure improvement. The road we take in the next decade toward rebuilding our aging infrastructure will in large part determine our future national prosperity.
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books
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February 2017
February 2017
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Engineering Structures
Engineering Structures
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books
books
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Villes nomades : histoires clandestines de la modernité / Stany Cambot pour Échelle Inconnue.
Villes nomades : histoires clandestines de la modernité / Stany Cambot pour Échelle Inconnue.
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189 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
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189 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
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- Sociology, Urban.,
- Mobile home living.,
- Nomads Social conditions.,
- Urbanization Social aspects.,
- Cities and towns Social aspects.,
- Sociologie urbaine.,
- Vie en maison mobile.,
- Nomades Conditions sociales.,
- Urbanisation Aspect social.,
- Villes Aspect social.,
- urban sociology.,
- Mobilité spatiale.,
- Habitations mobiles.
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Paris (France) : Eterotopia France, [2016]
Paris (France) : Eterotopia France, [2016]
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Villes nomades : histoires clandestines de la modernité / Stany Cambot pour Échelle Inconnue.
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189 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Villes nomades : histoires clandestines de la modernité / Stany Cambot pour Échelle Inconnue.
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189 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
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Paris (France) : Eterotopia France, [2016]
Paris (France) : Eterotopia France, [2016]
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- Sociology, Urban.,
- Mobile home living.,
- Nomads Social conditions.,
- Urbanization Social aspects.,
- Cities and towns Social aspects.,
- Sociologie urbaine.,
- Vie en maison mobile.,
- Nomades Conditions sociales.,
- Urbanisation Aspect social.,
- Villes Aspect social.,
- urban sociology.,
- Mobilité spatiale.,
- Habitations mobiles.
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"Infrastructure" is a unique guide, exploring all the major "ecosystems" of our modern industrial world, revealing what the structures are and why they're there, and uncovering beauty in unexpected places. It covers an industrial landscape comprised of agriculture, resources, energy, communication, transportation, manufacturing, and waste. The objects that fill our(...)
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"Infrastructure" is a unique guide, exploring all the major "ecosystems" of our modern industrial world, revealing what the structures are and why they're there, and uncovering beauty in unexpected places. It covers an industrial landscape comprised of agriculture, resources, energy, communication, transportation, manufacturing, and waste. The objects that fill our(...)
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Infrastructure : a field guide to the industrial landscape
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"Infrastructure" is a unique guide, exploring all the major "ecosystems" of our modern industrial world, revealing what the structures are and why they're there, and uncovering beauty in unexpected places. It covers an industrial landscape comprised of agriculture, resources, energy, communication, transportation, manufacturing, and waste. The objects that fill our everyday environment are streetlights, railroad tracks, antenna towers, highway overpasses, power lines, satellite dishes, and thousands of other manufactured items, many of them so familiar we hardly notice them. Larger and more exotic facilities have transformed vast tracts of the landscape : coal mines, nuclear power plants, grain elevators, oil refineries, and steel mills, to name a few. "Infrastructure" is a compelling and clear guide for those who want to explore and understand this mysterious world we've made for ourselves.
Infrastructure : a field guide to the industrial landscape
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"Infrastructure" is a unique guide, exploring all the major "ecosystems" of our modern industrial world, revealing what the structures are and why they're there, and uncovering beauty in unexpected places. It covers an industrial landscape comprised of agriculture, resources, energy, communication, transportation, manufacturing, and waste. The objects that fill our everyday environment are streetlights, railroad tracks, antenna towers, highway overpasses, power lines, satellite dishes, and thousands of other manufactured items, many of them so familiar we hardly notice them. Larger and more exotic facilities have transformed vast tracts of the landscape : coal mines, nuclear power plants, grain elevators, oil refineries, and steel mills, to name a few. "Infrastructure" is a compelling and clear guide for those who want to explore and understand this mysterious world we've made for ourselves.
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books
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August 2005, New York
August 2005, New York
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Engineering Structures
Engineering Structures
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36 pages : illustrations, maps ; 30 cm
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36 pages : illustrations, maps ; 30 cm
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- City planning Japan.,
- City planning Japan Himeji-shi.,
- City planning and redevelopment law Japan.,
- Urban policy Japan.,
- Land use Japan.,
- Land use Japan Himeji-shi.,
- Zoning Japan.,
- Zoning Japan Himeji-shi.,
- Politique urbaine Japon.,
- Utilisation du sol Japon.,
- Zonage Japon.,
- City planning.,
- City planning and redevelopment law.,
- Land use.,
- Urban policy.,
- Zoning.,
- Himeji-shi (Japan) Maps.,
- Japan.,
- Japan Himeji-shi.,
- Urban planning Japan 1960-2000.,
- Urban planning Japan Himeji-shi 1990-2000.,
- Government policy Japan 1960-2000.,
- Land use Japan 1960-2000.,
- Land use Japan Himeji-shi 1990-2000.,
- Zoning Japan 1960-2000.,
- Zoning Japan Himeji-shi 1990-2000.,
- Land use maps.,
- Zoning maps.,
- Maps.,
- Government Publications.
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Publication:
[Tokyo] : City Bureau, Ministry of Construction, Government of Japan : Institute for Future Urban Development, [1996]
[Tokyo] : City Bureau, Ministry of Construction, Government of Japan : Institute for Future Urban Development, [1996]
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Urban planning system in Japan.
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36 pages : illustrations, maps ; 30 cm
Urban planning system in Japan.
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36 pages : illustrations, maps ; 30 cm
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[Tokyo] : City Bureau, Ministry of Construction, Government of Japan : Institute for Future Urban Development, [1996]
[Tokyo] : City Bureau, Ministry of Construction, Government of Japan : Institute for Future Urban Development, [1996]
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- City planning Japan.,
- City planning Japan Himeji-shi.,
- City planning and redevelopment law Japan.,
- Urban policy Japan.,
- Land use Japan.,
- Land use Japan Himeji-shi.,
- Zoning Japan.,
- Zoning Japan Himeji-shi.,
- Politique urbaine Japon.,
- Utilisation du sol Japon.,
- Zonage Japon.,
- City planning.,
- City planning and redevelopment law.,
- Land use.,
- Urban policy.,
- Zoning.,
- Himeji-shi (Japan) Maps.,
- Japan.,
- Japan Himeji-shi.,
- Urban planning Japan 1960-2000.,
- Urban planning Japan Himeji-shi 1990-2000.,
- Government policy Japan 1960-2000.,
- Land use Japan 1960-2000.,
- Land use Japan Himeji-shi 1990-2000.,
- Zoning Japan 1960-2000.,
- Zoning Japan Himeji-shi 1990-2000.,
- Land use maps.,
- Zoning maps.,
- Maps.,
- Government Publications.
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238 pages ; 32 cm
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238 pages ; 32 cm
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West 8, mosaics / editing and translation, Fanny Smelik [and others].
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238 pages ; 32 cm
West 8, mosaics / editing and translation, Fanny Smelik [and others].
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238 pages ; 32 cm
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books
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Basel, Switzerland ; Boston : Birkhäuser, ©2008.
Basel, Switzerland ; Boston : Birkhäuser, ©2008.
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Roads to Power tells the story of how Britain built the first nation connected by infrastructure, how a libertarian revolution destroyed a national economy, and how technology caused strangers to stop speaking. In early eighteenth-century Britain, nothing but dirt track ran between most towns. By 1848 the primitive roads were transformed into a network of highways(...)
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Roads to Power tells the story of how Britain built the first nation connected by infrastructure, how a libertarian revolution destroyed a national economy, and how technology caused strangers to stop speaking. In early eighteenth-century Britain, nothing but dirt track ran between most towns. By 1848 the primitive roads were transformed into a network of highways(...)
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Roads to power: Britain invents the infrastructure state
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Roads to Power tells the story of how Britain built the first nation connected by infrastructure, how a libertarian revolution destroyed a national economy, and how technology caused strangers to stop speaking. In early eighteenth-century Britain, nothing but dirt track ran between most towns. By 1848 the primitive roads were transformed into a network of highways connecting every village and island in the nation—and also dividing them in unforeseen ways. The highway network led to contests for control over everything from road management to market access. Peripheries like the Highlands demanded that centralized government pay for roads they could not afford, while English counties wanted to be spared the cost of underwriting roads to Scotland. The new network also transformed social relationships. Although travelers moved along the same routes, they occupied increasingly isolated spheres. The roads were the product of a new form of government, the infrastructure state, marked by the unprecedented control bureaucrats wielded over decisions relating to everyday life.
Roads to power: Britain invents the infrastructure state
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Roads to Power tells the story of how Britain built the first nation connected by infrastructure, how a libertarian revolution destroyed a national economy, and how technology caused strangers to stop speaking. In early eighteenth-century Britain, nothing but dirt track ran between most towns. By 1848 the primitive roads were transformed into a network of highways connecting every village and island in the nation—and also dividing them in unforeseen ways. The highway network led to contests for control over everything from road management to market access. Peripheries like the Highlands demanded that centralized government pay for roads they could not afford, while English counties wanted to be spared the cost of underwriting roads to Scotland. The new network also transformed social relationships. Although travelers moved along the same routes, they occupied increasingly isolated spheres. The roads were the product of a new form of government, the infrastructure state, marked by the unprecedented control bureaucrats wielded over decisions relating to everyday life.
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January 2012
January 2012
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Architectural Theory
Architectural Theory
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xx, 308 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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xx, 308 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Fragments of the city : making and remaking urban worlds / Colin McFarlane.
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xx, 308 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Fragments of the city : making and remaking urban worlds / Colin McFarlane.
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xx, 308 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2021]
Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2021]
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1 online resource.
Author:
- Martínez, Chus,,
- Borer, Karin,,
- Francke, Anna,,
- Handberg, Chris,,
- Hunziker, Esther,,
- Kammermeier, Niklas,,
- Latimer, Quinn,,
- Ritzmann, Marion,,
- Rothfuchs, Tabea,,
- Scheidegger, Sarina,,
- Sigl, Konrad,,
- Springer, Kara,,
- Wilke, Alice,,
- Zieser, Elena,,
- Library Stack,,
- Library Stack.
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[Place of publication not identified] : FHNW HGK, 2023.
[Place of publication not identified] : FHNW HGK, 2023.
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[Place of publication not identified] : FHNW HGK, 2023.
[Place of publication not identified] : FHNW HGK, 2023.
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- Martínez, Chus,,
- Borer, Karin,,
- Francke, Anna,,
- Handberg, Chris,,
- Hunziker, Esther,,
- Kammermeier, Niklas,,
- Latimer, Quinn,,
- Ritzmann, Marion,,
- Rothfuchs, Tabea,,
- Scheidegger, Sarina,,
- Sigl, Konrad,,
- Springer, Kara,,
- Wilke, Alice,,
- Zieser, Elena,,
- Library Stack,,
- Library Stack.
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audio
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HAPPY MEDIUM.
HAPPY MEDIUM.
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[Place of publication not identified] : New Models, 2021.
[Place of publication not identified] : New Models, 2021.
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[Place of publication not identified] : New Models, 2021.
[Place of publication not identified] : New Models, 2021.
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xxiii : illustrations ; 25 cm.
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xxiii : illustrations ; 25 cm.
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- Stūpas India Amaravati.,
- Buddhist architecture India Amaravati.,
- Stūpas Inde Amarāvatī.,
- Architecture bouddhique Inde Amarāvatī.,
- Buddhist architecture.,
- Buildings.,
- Stūpas.,
- Buddhistische Kunst,
- Geschichtsschreibung,
- Stupa,
- Amaravati (India) Buildings, structures, etc.,
- India Amaravati.,
- Amaravati
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Lieden ; Boston : Brill, 2013.
Lieden ; Boston : Brill, 2013.
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Early Buddhist architecture in context : the great stūpa at Amarāvatī (ca. 300 BCE-300 CE) / by Akira Shimada.
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xxiii : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Early Buddhist architecture in context : the great stūpa at Amarāvatī (ca. 300 BCE-300 CE) / by Akira Shimada.
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xxiii : illustrations ; 25 cm.
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Lieden ; Boston : Brill, 2013.
Lieden ; Boston : Brill, 2013.
Subject:
- Stūpas India Amaravati.,
- Buddhist architecture India Amaravati.,
- Stūpas Inde Amarāvatī.,
- Architecture bouddhique Inde Amarāvatī.,
- Buddhist architecture.,
- Buildings.,
- Stūpas.,
- Buddhistische Kunst,
- Geschichtsschreibung,
- Stupa,
- Amaravati (India) Buildings, structures, etc.,
- India Amaravati.,
- Amaravati
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