Frontmatter

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Preface ix
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Introduction: The Dilemma of Consuming 1
6. PART I: THE BACKDROP
7. 1. Island City 15
8. 2. Wasting Away 38
9. PART II: STATEN ISLAND: BOROUGH OF LAST RESORT
10. 3. The Quarantine 69
11. 4. The Garbage War 87
12. PART III: SEEKING A DISPOSAL SINK
13. 5. The Go- Away Society 123
14. 6. One Best Way 145
15. 7. Futile Protests 169
16. PART IV: LIVING WITH AND SURVIVING THE LANDFILL
17. 8. The Burning Question 199
18. 9. The End of Isolation 232
19. 10. An Environmental Turn 252
20. 11. Fiscal Crisis and Disposal Dilemma 275
21. 12. Fresh Kills at Midlife 303
22. 13. Barge to Nowhere 328
23. 14. A New Plan 350
24. PART V: THE ROAD TO CLOSURE
25. 15. Secession 373
26. 16. Closure 395
27. 17. Now What? 422
28. PART VI: THE POST- CLOSURE ERA
29. 18. 9/11 463
30. 19. Regeneration 491
31. 20. Crossroads 520
32. Conclusion 547
33. Notes 557
34. Index 759