Table of Contents

Chapter 1: The Weather of Catastrophe and the Vertical Field

Chapter 2: Alternative Sprawls, Junk Cities: Buenos Aires Libre and Horizontal Urban Knowledges

Interlude: Urban Sprawl

Chapter 3: YOUR MILLION DOLLAR HOUSES WILL SOON BE UNDERWATER: Coming Catastrophe in Miami and the Plastic City

Interlude: Messy Terrain

Chapter 4: From the Ground Up: Aerial Tactics and Top-Down Strategies in Los Angeles

Interlude: Plastic City

Chapter 5: Conclusion (or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the City)

About the Author

Allison M. Schifani is Assistant Professor of Digital Humanities, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, University of Miami, Florida, USA.