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This book presents climate adaptation and flood risk problems
and solutions in coastal cities, including an independent
investigation of adaptation paths and problems in Rotterdam, New
York and Jakarta. The comparison draws out lessons that each city
can learn from the others. While the main focus is on coastal
flooding, cities are also affected by climate change in other ways,
including impacts that occur away from the coast. The New York City
Water Supply System, for example, stretches as far as 120 miles
upstate, and the New York City Department of Environmental
Protection has undertaken extensive climate assessment not only for
its coastal facilities, but also for its upstate facilities, which
will be affected by rising temperatures, droughts, inland flooding
and water quality changes.
The authors examine key questions, such as: Are current city
plans climate proof or do we need to finetune our ongoing
investments? Can we develop a flood proof subway system? Can we
develop new infrastructure in such a way that it serves flood
protection, housing and natural values?
Michael Arlen (1895-1956) was a literary shooting star among the
smart set of the 1920s. The self-styled chronicler of Mayfair
society, he became an international celebrity after the publication
of his scandalous novel The Green Hat in 1924. Born into an
immigrant Armenian community in Lancashire, following early
breakthrough in London he led a millionaire’s life on the Riviera
and dabbled in the Hollywood film industry before living out his
final years, all but forgotten, in retirement in New York. For all
his success as a purveyor of popular fiction, he remained forever
an ‘outsider’, arousing both fascination and suspicion in the
English-speaking world. Encounters with Michael Arlen is a set of
overlapping essays that reflect how the novelist was seen by
himself and by his contemporaries. Unlike a conventional biography,
the emphasis is on his connections with other leading figures of
the day, especially fellow writers such as D.H. Lawrence, Ernest
Hemingway and Rebecca West. The book is also a rumination by the
author on the sheer difficulty of writing literary biography. With
its comprehensive timeline and listing of archive materials
relating to Arlen, it should serve as a stimulus to future research
on this neglected and enigmatic personality.
At once a dystopian fantasy and a critique of sexual norms,
Mine-Haha describes a unique boarding institution for girls - part
idyllic refuge, part prison - where pupils are trained only in the
physical arts of movement, dance and music, before issuing into an
adult world for which they have (unwittingly) been prepared. The
narrator is an old woman recalling her strange childhood and the
story is focused through the eyes of her earlier self. Mine-Haha
was praised for its progressive outlook by Leon Trotsky in 1908,
and has inspired two films - Lucile Hadzihalilovic's Innocence
(2004) and John Irvin's The Fine Art of Love (2005). It is here
presented alongside two rare, complementary short fictional pieces:
'The Burning of Egliswyl' and 'The Sacrificial Lamb'.
Laura Nyro (1947-1997) was one of the most significant figures to
emerge from the singer-songwriter boom of the 1960s. She first came
to attention when her songs were hits for Barbra Streisand, The
Fifth Dimension, Peter, Paul and Mary, and others. But it was on
her own recordings that she imprinted her vibrant personality. With
albums like Eli and the Thirteenth Confession and New York
Tendaberry she mixed the sounds of soul, pop, jazz and Broadway to
fashion autobiographical songs that earned her a fanatical
following and influenced a generation of music-makers. In later
life her preoccupations shifted from the self to embrace public
causes such as feminism, animal rights and ecology - the music grew
mellower, but her genius was undimmed. This book examines her
entire studio career from 1967's More than a New Discovery to the
posthumous Angel in the Dark release of 2001. Also surveyed are the
many live albums that preserve her charismatic stage presence. With
analysis of her teasing, poetic lyrics and unique vocal and
harmonic style, this is the first-ever study to concentrate on
Laura Nyro's music and how she created it. Elton John idolised her;
Joni Mitchell declared her 'a true original'. Here's why.
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