"Throughout the book, the cinema's artistic encounter with the city always intersects with a social and political engagement in which urgent issues of class, race, sexuality, the environment, liberty, capital, and totalitarianism are everywhere at stake.The city has long been an important location for filmmakers. Visually compelling and always modern, it is the perfect metaphor for man's place in the contemporary world. In this provocati ..."
"As fear and paranoia about chemical weapons and bio-terrorism are ratcheted up by Western governments, a global health catastrophe threatens to undermine all efforts to eradicate poverty and human suffering. The resurgence of old diseases such as tuberculosis and malaria, along with the spread of new diseases such as HIV, are already having devastating consequences for ever increasing numbers of people worldwide. Tuberculosis, a disease ..."
"Since its foundation in 1977 IJURR has been at the cutting-edge of critical urban scholarship. IJURR is taking forward its commitment to interdisciplinary and international urban research, connecting with new audiences and debates, consolidating its position as a leading publication in the field. Explores questions and themes of interest to a wide readership including urban planners, architects and practitioners Includes both stand-alo ..."
"The affluence of western society has given rise to unprecedented quantities of waste, presenting one of the most intractable environmental problems for contemporary society. This book examines recycling and municipal waste management in three major cities: London, New York and Hamburg. A range of political and economic issues are examined to illustrate how any reduction in the size of the waste stream in order to achieve more equitable ..."
"Since its foundation in 1977 IJURR has been at the cutting-edge of critical urban scholarship. IJURR is taking forward its commitment to interdisciplinary and international urban research, connecting with new audiences and debates, consolidating its position as a leading publication in the field. Explores questions and themes of interest to a wide readership including urban planners, architects and practitioners. Includes both stand-a ..."
Waterworks(1stEdition) A Photographic Journey through New YorkÆs Hidden Water System by Stanley Greenberg, MatthewGandy Hardcover, 160 Pages, Published 2003 by Princeton Architectural Press ISBN-13: 978-1-56898-388-2, ISBN: 1-56898-388-3
"New York’s water system is staggering – it provides 1.3 billion gallons of water a day to over 9 million people from 200 square miles of watershed. its aqueducts, reservoirs, tunnels, gatehouses, and tanks have been continually under construction since the 1830s, and its current – and largest – tunnel project will not be completed until 2020. But more significantly, New York’s water system is also sublime – from its acres of bucolic lan ..."
Concrete and Clay(1stEdition) Reworking Nature in New York City (Urban and Industrial Environments) by MatthewGandy, Robert Gottlieb Hardcover, 358 Pages, Published 2002 by The Mit Press ISBN-13: 978-0-262-07224-3, ISBN: 0-262-07224-6
"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 highway ..."
"Since its foundation in 1977 IJURR has been at the cutting-edge of critical urban scholarship. IJURR is taking forward its commitment to interdisciplinary and international urban research, connecting with new audiences and debates, consolidating its position as a leading publication in the field. Explores questions and themes of interest to a wide readership including urban planners, architects and practitioners Includes both stand-alo ..."
"Since its foundation in 1977 IJURR has been at the cutting-edge of critical urban scholarship. IJURR is taking forward its commitment to interdisciplinary and international urban research, connecting with new audiences and debates, consolidating its position as a leading publication in the field. Explores questions and themes of interest to a wide readership including urban planners, architects and practitioners Includes both stand-alo ..."
"Since its foundation in 1977 IJURR has been at the cutting-edge of critical urban scholarship. IJURR is taking forward its commitment to interdisciplinary and international urban research, connecting with new audiences and debates, consolidating its position as a leading publication in the field. Explores questions and themes of interest to a wide readership including urban planners, architects and practitioners. Includes both stand-a ..."
"Since its foundation in 1977 IJURR has been at the cutting–edge of critical urban scholarship. IJURR is taking forward its commitment to interdisciplinary and international urban research, connecting with new audiences and debates, consolidating its position as a leading publication in the field. Explores questions and themes of interest to a wide readership including urban planners, architects and practitioners. Includes both sta ..."
"The affluence of western society has given rise to unprecedented quantities of waste, presenting one of the most intractable environmental problems for contemporary society. This book examines recycling and municipal waste management in three major cities: London, New York and Hamburg. A range of political and economic issues are examined to illustrate how any reduction in the size of the waste stream in ord ..."
"Wasser und die Stadt der Moderne Susanne Frank, Matthew Gandy. Borgmann,
Maria (1984), »Die chemische Industrie«, in: Jochen Boberg/Tilman Fichter/
Eckhart Gillen (Hrsg.), Exergerfeld der ... Unterrichts- und
Medizinalangelegenheiten, bearbeitet von der Medizinal-Abteilung des
Ministeriums, Berlin 1903 Gutachten betreffend die Verunreinigung der Spree.
Erstattet im Auftrage des Herrn Minister der geistlichen Unterrichts- und
Medizi ..."