Concrete and Clay: Reworking Nature in New York City

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Matthew Gandy (University of Cambridge) Robert Gottlieb (Henry R. Luce Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy)

Concrete and Clay

Reworking Nature in New York City

Matthew Gandy (University of Cambridge), Robert Gottlieb (Henry R. Luce Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy)

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English

MIT Press
29 August 2003

Architecture; Social impact of environmental issues; Urban & municipal planning

Series: Urban and Industrial Environments

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.

By: Matthew Gandy (University of Cambridge)
Series edited by: Robert Gottlieb (Henry R. Luce Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy)
Imprint: MIT Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 178mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 544g
ISBN: 9780262572163
ISBN 10: 0262572168
Series: Urban and Industrial Environments
Pages: 358
Publication Date: 29 August 2003
Recommended Age: From 18
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Matthew Gandy is Professor of Geography at the University of Cambridge. He is the author of Concrete and Clay- Reworking Nature in New York City (MIT Press), recipient of the 2003 Spiro Kostof Award from the Society of Architectural Historians, and The Fabric of Space- Water, Modernity, and the Urban Imagination (MIT Press), recipient of the 2014 Meridian Book Award for Outstanding Scholarly Work in Geography, given by the American Association of Geographers, and has published widely on urban, cultural, and environmental themes.

Reviews for Concrete and Clay: Reworking Nature in New York City

Gandy deftly and provocatively connects issue of health, politics, economics, and urbanology in a compulsively readable and illuminating cultural analysis. -Publishers Weekly

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Winner of Co-winner of the 2003 Spiro Kostof Award presented by the Society of Architectural Historians 2003
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Winner of Society of Architectural Historians Spiro Kostof Award 2003.