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Program for the Human Environment

Cities and Their Vital Systems: Infrastructure, Past, Present, and Future

Citation: National Academy, Washington, D.C 1988

PDF Full Text: Cities and Their Vital Systems: Infrastructure, Past, Present, and Future

Keywords: cities, infrastructure, urban real estate, transportation, traffic congestion, communications, water supply, distribution, wastewater

Areas of Research: Cities and Transportation

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  • “Cosmic View of Life” paper and video released September 4, 2025
  • Leonardo Da Vinci DNA project publications September 4, 2025
  • Short essay by Jesse on defending America’s submerged borders June 17, 2025
  • AI & Energy foreseen in 2019 June 5, 2025
  • 25th birthday of Ocean Biodiversity Information System May 27, 2025
  • Times of London on Leonardo DNA Project May 26, 2025
  • New in Loglet Lab 5.1 May 26, 2025
  • Quiet Ocean program’s 14th newsletter April 22, 2025

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