Screen LibraryFluid New York : cosmopolitan urbanism and the green imagination /
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| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xii, 248 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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9780822354604 (cloth : alk. paper) : 0822354608 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780822354727 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0822354721 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | F128 |
| CLC: | C912.81-097.12 |
| Call Number: | C912.81-097.12/J834 |
| Contents: | Water ecology, island city -- Transoceanic New York, city of rivers -- The maritime sky of Manhattan -- Thinking metropolitanism -- Nomadic urbanism and frugality -- Nyerere, the Dalai Lama, Gandhi : cultures of frugality -- Greening hardscape -- Marathon city, biking boroughs -- Brooklyn carnival and the sale of dreamland -- Spirits of the necropolis, planes on the Hudson -- Governors Island : maritime pasts, ecological futures -- After Hurricane Sandy -- Conclusion: toward a praxis of cosmopolitan citizenship. |