Земля без людей

Chto budet, esli chelovechestvo vnezapno ischeznet s lit͡sa zemli? Kak bystro priroda zalechit nanesennye eĭ rany? Chto budet s pustymi gorodami, mostami, tunneli͡ami, dorogami, zdanii͡ami i pami͡atnikami? Kak dolgo smogut oni soprotivli͡atʹsi͡a sile stikhiĭ? Chtoby otvetitʹ na vse ėti voprosy, Alan Vaĭsman konsulʹtirovalsi͡a s uchenymi samykh raznykh spet͡sialʹnosteĭ i sobral rezulʹtaty ėtikh besed v originalʹnui͡u i otkrovennui͡u knigu. Nikogda eshche issledovanie okruzhai͡ushcheĭ sredy i mesta cheloveka v prot͡sessakh planetarnogo masshtaba ne bylo stolʹ zakhvatyvai͡ushchim i ostrosi͡uzhetnym.

What will happen if humanity suddenly disappears from the face of the earth? How quickly will nature heal the wounds inflicted on her? What will happen to empty cities, bridges, tunnels, roads, buildings and monuments? How long will they be able to resist the power of the elements? To answer all these questions, Alan Weissman consulted with scientists of various specialties and compiled the results of these conversations into an original and frank book. Never before has the study of the environment and the place of man in processes on a planetary scale been so exciting and action-packed.