Concrete and Clay: Reworking Nature in New York City

by Matthew Gandy and Robert Gottlieb

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In this account of the urbanization of nature in New York City, Matthew Gandy explores how the raw materials of nature have been reworked to produce a metropolitan nature distinct from the forms of nature experienced by early settlers. The book traces five broad developments: the expansion and redefinition of public space, the construction of landscaped highways, the creation of a modern water supply system, the radical environmental politics of the...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0262072246

ISBN13:9780262072243

Release Date:April 2002

Publisher:MIT Press (MA)

Length:344 Pages

Weight:2.15 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 7.4" x 9.2"

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Architecture Biological Sciences Buildings City Planning & Urban Development Earth Sciences Ecology Engineering Environment Environmental Science Environmental Studies

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