Concrete and Clay

Description:

"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 creation of a modern water supply system, the expansion and redefinition of public space in Central Park, the construction of landscaped highways, the radical environmental politics of the barrio in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and the contemporary politics of the environmental justice movement."--BOOK JACKET.

subjects: Urban ecology (sociology),  Human ecology,  City planning, united states,  Land use, urban,  New york (n.y.), social conditions,  City planning,  Urban Land use,  Écologie urbaine,  Écologie humaine,  Urbanisme,  Aspect de l'environnement,  Utilisation urbaine du sol,  Environmental aspects,  Humanökologie,  Stadtplanung,  Stadtökologie,  Natuurontwikkeling,  Urbanisatie,  Ecologische aspecten,  SOCIAL SCIENCE,  Human Geography