Sewer
Hester, Jessica Leigh2023
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What can underground pipes tell us about human eating habits and the spread or containment of disease, such as COVID-19? Why are sewers spitting out plastic and trash into waterways around the world? How are clogs getting gnarlier and more numerous? Jessica Leigh Hester leads readers through the past, present, and future of the system humans have created to deal with our own waste and argues that sewers can be seen as a mirror to the world above at a time when our behaviors are drastically reshaping the environment for the worse. Sifting through the muck offers a fresh way to approach questions about urbanization, public health, infrastructure, ecology, sustainability, and consumerism - and what we value.
Main title:
Sewer / Jessica Leigh Hester.
Author:
Hester, Jessica Leigh, author
Imprint:
New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2023.
Collation:
188 pages ; 17 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781501379505 (pbk)
Dewey class:
628.2
LC class:
TD673
Language:
English
BRN:
3221762
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