Main entry:

Joseph, May, author.

Title & Author:

Fluid New York : cosmopolitan urbanism and the green imagination / May Joseph.

Publication:

Durham ; London : Duke University Press, 2013.

Description:

xii, 248 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-238) and index.
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.

Summary:

"Each chapter describes an immigrant's journey nto a slice of metropolitan life centered around historic downtown Manhattan," to discuss the necessities and future of "vertical living" or living in high-densities of population.

ISBN:

9780822354727 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780822354604 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0822354608 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0822354721 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Cosmopolitanism New York (State) New York.
Urban ecology (Sociology) New York (State) New York.
Cosmopolitisme New York (État) New York.
Écologie urbaine New York (État) New York.
Civilization.
Cosmopolitanism.
Urban ecology (Sociology)
New York (N.Y.) Civilization 20th century.
New York (N.Y.) Civilization 21st century.
New York (State) New York.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 285275
Call No.: BIB 224681
Notes: pbk.
Status: Available