How Long to Read Rome Works

How Long Does it Take to Read Rome Works?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 37 minutes to read Rome Works by Tom Rankin

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Although Rome has triggered countless books, Rome Works is the first to view the city through the lens of environmental sustainability. Presenting seven case studies in sustainability from across a range of historical periods, it explores in detail Rome's impressive history of low-impact urban growth.Tom Rankin draws on his 20 years of experience as a professor and practitioner of architecture in Rome to examine this tradition from several vantage points. He considers the fabric of the built infrastructure, urban mobility and the ways that Romans have dealt with the challenges posed by transportation, energy use, water supply and waste removal. He also explores the roles that political and economic forces and, most importantly, civic values, have played in shaping Rome's development. The seven studies are less finished models of sustainability, the author writes, than complex and messy but instructive laboratories of experimentation and adjustment over time.As he writes about the systems that allowed Rome to function in the past and which continue to do so today, Rankin also weaves in stories of his own passionate but at times exasperated relationship with the Eternal City.Rome Works posits that development in Rome stands at a fork in the road. It can proceed along its current, growth-based trajectory, inspired by the American development model, or it can take an historically-grounded, authentically Roman path toward a greener economy.

How long is Rome Works?

Rome Works by Tom Rankin is 214 pages long, and a total of 54,356 words.

This makes it 72% the length of the average book. It also has 66% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Rome Works Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 57 minutes to read Rome Works aloud.

What Reading Level is Rome Works?

Rome Works is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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