Spoil island : reading the makeshift archipelago / Charlie Hailey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hailey, Charlie, 1970-

Series:

Toposophia.

Toposophia : Sustainability, Dwelling, Design

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Physical geography--Atlantic Coast (U.S.).

Physical geography.

Artificial islands--Atlantic Coast (U.S.).

Artificial islands.

Waste lands--Atlantic Coast (U.S.).

Waste lands.

Urbanization--Atlantic Coast (U.S.).

Urbanization.

Real estate development--Atlantic Coast (U.S.).

Real estate development.

Landscapes--Atlantic Coast (U.S.).

Landscapes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. ; Plymouth, England : Lexington Books, c2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 landscapes of waste. Research navigates the U.S. east coast from New York City to Key West, examines these marginalized topographies to understand emergent concerns of 21st-century placemaking, public space, and infrastructure, and discovers that spoil islands cons

Contents:

Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Makeshift; Barge; 1 Natural and Infrastructural; Rip-Rap; 2 Spiritual and Infrastructural; Mound; 3 Public and Private; Nettle; 4 Useful and Cultural; Camp; 5 Rational and Irrational; Spit; 6 Real and Surreal; Sand; 7 Order and Disorder; Barge; Archipelago; Select Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed September 06, 2013).

ISBN:

0-7391-7307-3

OCLC:

855969974