Fresh Kills : a history of consuming and discarding in New York City /

"Fresh Kills-a monumental 2,200-acre structure on Staten Island-was once the world's largest landfill. From 1948 to 2001, it was the main receptacle for New York City's refuse. After the 9/11 attacks, it reopened briefly to receive human remains and rubble from the destroyed Twin Towe...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Melosi, Martin V., 1947- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, [2020]
Temas:
Sanitary landfill closures > New York (State) > New York.
Décharges contrôlées > Fermeture > New York (État) > New York.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
Sanitary landfill closures
Fresh Kills Landfill (New York, N.Y.)
Freshkills Park (New York, N.Y.)
New York (State) > New York
New York (State) > New York > Fresh Kills Landfill
New York (State) > New York > Freshkills Park
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Dilemma of Consuming
  • The Backdrop
  • Island City
  • Wasting Away
  • Staten Island : Borough of Last Resort
  • The Quarantine
  • Garbage War
  • Seeking a Disposal Sink
  • Go-Away Society
  • One Best Way
  • Futile Protests
  • Living with and Surviving the Landfill
  • The Burning Question
  • End of Isolation
  • Environmental Turn
  • Fiscal Crisis, and Disposal Dilemma
  • Fresh Kills at Midlife
  • Barge to Nowhere
  • A New Plan
  • The Road to Closure
  • Secession
  • Closure
  • Now What?
  • The Post-Closure Era
  • 9/11
  • Regeneration
  • Crossroads.

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