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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.

Urban ecology (Sociology) --- Human ecology --- City planning --- Land use, Urban --- Ecologie urbaine --- Ecologie humaine --- Urbanisme --- Utilisation urbaine du sol --- Environmental aspects --- Aspect de l'environnement --- Cities and towns --- Urban ecology --- Urban environment --- Social ecology --- Sociology, Urban --- Urban land use --- Urban economics --- Urban policy --- Urban renewal --- Civic planning --- Model cities --- Redevelopment, Urban --- Slum clearance --- Town planning --- Urban design --- Urban development --- Urban planning --- Land use --- Planning --- Art, Municipal --- Civic improvement --- Regional planning --- Ecology --- Environment, Human --- Human beings --- Human environment --- Ecological engineering --- Human geography --- Nature --- Government policy --- Management --- Social aspects --- Effect of environment on --- Effect of human beings on --- Espace vert --- Histoire de l'urbanisme --- Politique de l'environnement --- Planification urbaine --- New york --- Urban ecology (Sociology) - New York (State) - New York --- Human ecology - New York (State) - New York --- City planning - Environmental aspects - New York (State) - New York --- Land use, Urban - New York (State) - New York