This book analyzes landfill sites in New York City, Greater Toronto, and Tel Aviv, emphasizing the global scale of issues concerning waste disposal and park redevelopments. For scholars, researchers, and academics studying waste studies, the environment, cities, and sustainable development, as well as for policymakers and eco artists.

Benjamin A. Lawson is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Arkansas-Fort Smith, where he has a research and teaching focus on urban-environmental history, science and technology, and teacher licensure.