Isbn: 9780262072243 - concrete and clay: reworking nature in new york city (urban and industrial environments) (14 resultados)

Hardback. Condición: Fair. An interdisciplinary account of the environmental history and changing landscape of New York City.In this innovative 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 barrio in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and the contemporary politics of the environmental justice movement. Drawing on political economy, environmental studies, social theory, cultural theory, and architecture, Gandy shows how New York's environmental history is bound up not only with the upstate landscapes that stretch beyond the city's political boundaries but also with more distant places that reflect the nation's colonial and imperial legacies. Using the shifting meaning of nature under urbanization as a framework, he looks at how modern nature has been produced through interrelated transformations ranging from new water technologies to changing fashions in landscape design. Throughout, he considers the economic and ideological forces that underlie phenomena as diverse as the location of parks and the social stigma of dirty neighborhoods.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condición: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardback. Condición: Fair. An interdisciplinary account of the environmental history and changing landscape of New York City.In this innovative 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 barrio in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and the contemporary politics of the environmental justice movement. Drawing on political economy, environmental studies, social theory, cultural theory, and architecture, Gandy shows how New York's environmental history is bound up not only with the upstate landscapes that stretch beyond the city's political boundaries but also with more distant places that reflect the nation's colonial and imperial legacies. Using the shifting meaning of nature under urbanization as a framework, he looks at how modern nature has been produced through interrelated transformations ranging from new water technologies to changing fashions in landscape design. Throughout, he considers the economic and ideological forces that underlie phenomena as diverse as the location of parks and the social stigma of dirty neighborhoods.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. Clean copy with unmarked and undamaged pages.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Hardcover in dust jacket. Bit of spotting to page edges. No names, underlining, notes or highlighting. n2m.

Hardcover. Condición: As New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: As New. 1st Edition. Matthew Gandy. xi (1) 344 pages, 39 illustrations, notes, octavo (8vo), hardcover, black cloth white text on spine, dust jacket. As new condition, unsold inventory of an old bookstore. Inventory #26651-1.

Hardback. Condición: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. AN ACCOUNT OF THE STEPS UNDERTAKEN IN THE URBANISATION OF NATURE IN NEW YORK, AS AN EXAMPLE FOR OTHER LOCALES. A DEEP AND INSIGHTFUL WORK WHICH HIGHLIGHTS THE COMPLEX PROCESS OF SOCIO-ENVIROMENTAL TRANSFORMATION THAT GIVES FORM AND SUBSTANCE TO THE CITY.…

Hardcover. Condición: Brand New. 344 pages. 9.25x7.50x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Condición: Very Good.

hardcover. Condición: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

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Hardcover. Condición: New. Urban and Industrial Environments; In this innovative 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 barrio in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and the contemporary politics of the environmental justice movement. Drawing on political economy, environmental studies, social theory, cultural theory, and architecture, Gandy shows how New Yorkâs environmental history is bound up not only with the upstate landscapes that stretch beyond the cityâs political boundaries but also with more distant places that reflect the nationâs colonial and imperial legacies. Using the shifting meaning of nature under urbanization as a framework, he looks at how modern nature has been produced through interrelated transformations ranging from new water technologies to changing fashions in landscape design. Throughout, he considers the economic and ideological forces that underlie phenomena as diverse as the location of parks and the social stigma of dirty neighborhoods.…