Cities and Geology – Robert Leggett

Cities and geology - R. Leggett, 1976, M., “Mir”, fabric cover (without dust jacket), page: 560, with graphs, tables and b / w drawings and photographs, format: 221 x 174 mm, weight: 866 g, edition not specified! Condition: closer to perfect (taking into account the level of printing of that time and the quality of paper; price tags of stores are affixed on the back cover)!

The author talks about the relationship between geology and urban planning in a popular and entertaining way. Of course, not all readers will have to plan new cities, but isn’t it interesting to know why the buildings of the “eternal” city of Rome or the architectural monuments of London and Naples began to collapse so quickly, why Mexico City and Venice “sink”, how catastrophic consequences could have been avoided earthquakes in Valdivia and San Francisco? Why did the Manhattan peninsula, a small piece of US land, become the “homeland” of skyscrapers? Why is a material suitable for building in one city not suitable in another? What difficulties await the builders of subways, tunnels and highways in certain areas? Why, why...

Even a non-specialist will read the book with interest; a geologist, architect, designer and builder will learn a lot from it.

On Ozon, the book costs 2,520 tenge.