Fluid New York: Cosmopolitan Urbanism and the Green Imagination

by May Joseph

Book Overview

Hurricane Sandy was a fierce demonstration of the ecological vulnerability of New York, a city of islands. Yet the storm also revealed the resilience of a metropolis that has started during the past decade to reckon with its aqueous topography. In Fluid New York, May Joseph describes the many ways that New York, and New Yorkers, have begun to incorporate the city's archipelago ecology into plans for a livable and sustainable future. For instance,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822354721
• ISBN13: 9780822354727
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"