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Cities appear to run effortlessly, yet everyday urban life depends on countless hidden systems working quietly in the background. Streets are cleaned, lights stay on, water keeps flowing, waste disappears, and public spaces remain usable through constant care.
How Cities Stay Alive explores the invisible structures that keep modern cities functioning every day, revealing the ordinary systems that most people rarely notice but depend on constantly.
Cities appear to run effortlessly, yet everyday urban life depends on countless hidden systems working quietly in the background. Streets are cleaned, lights stay on, water keeps flowing, waste disappears, and public spaces remain usable through constant care.
How Cities Stay Alive explores the i...
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About the author
Maurice Ford writes observational nonfiction about the hidden structures that shape everyday life. His work explores how ordinary places, routines, and shared environments quietly influence the way modern societies live, move, and organize daily life.
Maurice Ford writes observational nonfiction about the hidden structures that shape everyday life. His work explores how ordinary places, routines, and shared environments quietly influence the way modern societies live, move, and organize daily life.
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