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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Chachra, Deb, author.     Subjects     Public works.     Municipal engineering.     Infrastructure (Economics)     Browse Catalog     by author:      Chachra, Deb, author.       by title:      How infrastructure w...         MARC Display

How infrastructure works : inside the systems that shape our world / Deb Chachra. by Chachra, Deb, author. New York : Riverhead Books, 2023. Subjects Public works.   Municipal engineering.   Infrastructure (Economics) ISBN:  9780593086599 (hardcover) : 0593086597 (hardcover) : Description:  308 pages ; 24 cm Contents:  Behind the lights -- Infrastructure as agency -- Living in the networks -- Cooperation on a global scale -- The social context of infrastructure -- The political context of infrastructure -- How infrastructure fails -- Infrastructure and climate instability -- An emerging future of infrastructure -- Rethinking the ultrastructure -- Infrastructural citizenship. Requests:  0 Summary:  "Infrastructure is a marvel. It meets basic needs and enabling lives of astounding ease and productivity that would have been unimaginable just a century ago. It is the physical manifestation of our social contract--of our ability to work collectively for the public good--and it consists of the most complex and vast technological systems ever created by humans. A soaring bridge is an obvious infrastructural feat, but so are the mostly hidden reservoirs, transformers, sewers, cables, and pipes that deliver water, energy, and information to wherever we need it. When these systems work well, they hide in plain sight. Engineer and materials scientist Deb Chachra takes readers on a fascinating tour of these essential utilities, revealing how they work, what it takes to keep them running, just how much we rely on them--but also whom they work well for, and who pays the costs. Across the U.S. and elsewhere, these systems are suffering from systemic neglect and the effects of climate change, becoming unavoidably visible when they break down. Communities that are already marginalized often bear the brunt of these failures. But Chachra maps out a path for transforming and rebuilding our shared infrastructure to be not just functional but also equitable, resilient, and sustainable. The cost of not being able to rely on these systems is unthinkably high. We need to learn how to see them--and fix them, together--before it's too late"-- Provided by publisher.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status Due Date   Hawaii State Library Adult New Books 363 Ch Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Hilo Public Library Adult Nonfiction 363 Chachra Checked out 05/10/2024 Add Copy to MyList Kailua Public Library Adult New Books 363 Ch Checked out 05/07/2024 Add Copy to MyList Kaimuki Public Library Adult New Books 363 Ch Checked out 05/12/2024 Add Copy to MyList Kihei Public Library Adult Nonfiction 363 Ch Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Mililani Public Library Adult Nonfiction 363 Ch Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Waimea Public Library (Kauai) Adult New Books 363 Ch Checked In   Add Copy to MyList

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