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ANATOMY OF A CITY -
To service a
metropolis of 8 million people (the population
of New York or Greater los Angeles) with its
daily needs requires
5
million tons or 1.3
billion gallons of water (above, left),
240
coal
cars (left) of 100 tons each, and the equiva–
len! of 2,700 railroad coal cors of industrial
minerals.
The sorne metropolis must hove
4,000
heod of
cattle (right) slaughtered doily to provide the
average
5
ounces of beef per person. A total
of 16,000 tons of food is trucked in (obove,
extreme right), marketed (above, right), ond
eaten each doy in the city (below).
Port of the "GARBAGE OUT" is 20,000 tons
of salid waste, obout four pounds per person,
generoted daily (poge 6, obove).
Above
photot lrom lelt- MWO Photo, Ambouador Coll•s•
Photos; Lelt- Ewíng Gallowoy, Ríght - lob Toylor
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lottom
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Ambouodor
College
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