Fluid New York — Cosmopolitan Urbanism and the Green Imagination

Hurricane Sandy was a fierce demonstration of the ecological vulnerability of New York, a city of islands. Yet the storm also revealed the resilience of a metropolis that has started during the past decade to reckon with its aqueous topography.

In Fluid New York, May Joseph describes the many ways that New York, and New Yorkers, have begun to incorporate the city’s archipelago ecology into plans for a livable and sustainable future. Joseph considers New York’s relation to the water that surrounds and defines it — and suggests that the city’s future lies in the reclamation of its great water resources, for artistic creativity, civic engagement, and ecological sustainability.