Spoil island : reading the makeshift archipelago /

Spoil islands are overlooked places combining dirt with paradise, waste-land with "brave new world," and wildness with human intervention. Mundane products of dredging, these islands form an uninvestigated archipelago that demonstrates the potential value and contested re-valuation of land...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hailey, Charlie, 1970-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham : Lexington Books, c2013.
Colección:Toposophia.
Temas:
Physical geography > Atlantic Coast (U.S.)
Artificial islands > Atlantic Coast (U.S.)
Waste lands > Atlantic Coast (U.S.)
Urbanization > Atlantic Coast (U.S.)
Real estate development > Atlantic Coast (U.S.)
Landscapes > Atlantic Coast (U.S.)
Géographie physique > Atlantique, Côte de l' (États-Unis)
Îles artificielles > Atlantique, Côte de l' (États-Unis)
Friches > Atlantique, Côte de l' (États-Unis)
Urbanisation > Atlantique, Côte de l' (États-Unis)
Promotion immobilière > Atlantique, Côte de l' (États-Unis)
Paysages > Atlantique, Côte de l' (États-Unis)
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Real Estate > General.
Artificial islands
Landscapes
Physical geography
Real estate development
Urbanization
Waste lands
United States > Atlantic Coast
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Natural and infrastructural : building New York Harbor's islands of waste
  • Spiritual and infrastructural : U Thant's East River island
  • Public and private : the common wildness of Indian River's linear archipelago
  • Useful and cultural : Peanut Island's mutinous landscapes
  • Rational and irrational : developing Biscayne Bay's lagoon
  • Real and surreal : surrounding Biscayne Bay's spoil islands
  • Order and disorder : navigating Key West's western margin.

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