Infrastructure


The Grid: The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future
The Works: Anatomy of a City
Infrastructure: The Book of Everything for the Industrial Landscape
Extrastatecraft: The Power of Infrastructure Space
The Deadly Life of Logistics: Mapping Violence in Global Trade
Underground
The 99% Invisible City: A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design
The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger
Divided Highways: Building the Interstate Highways, Transforming American Life
Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do and What It Says About Us
How Infrastructure Works: Inside the Systems That Shape Our World
Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Rebuild American Prosperity
Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time
The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914
Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.
Fortifying the company involves assessing the vulnerabilities of critical infrastructure and implementing safeguards.
Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr., Board Room Blitz: Mastering the Art of Corporate Governance

We cannot, of course, physically harm the President of the United States, but it is not illegal to lead him into a bramble, some uneven pavement, rocky terrain. Let your deteriorating roads, bridges, and public schools work for us.
Maria Bamford, Weakness is the Brand

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Readings of interest to nerds for critical systems and the built environment
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