ideath's "Urban Design and Planning Books"

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Recommended reading for thinking about cities

  1. 1.
    Green Urbanism: Learning From European Cities
    by Timothy Beatley

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  2. 2.
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    The Death and Life of Great American Cities
    by Jane Jacobs

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  4. 4.
    Common Place: Toward Neighborhood and Regional Design
    by Doug Kelbaugh

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    Defensible Space; Crime Prevention Through Urban Design.
    by Oscar Newman

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  6. 7.
    The Economy of Cities
    by Jane Jacobs

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  7. 8.
    Great Streets
    by Allan B. Jacobs

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  8. 9.
    Good City Form
    by Kevin Lynch

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  9. 10.
    Design with Nature (Wiley Series in Sustainable Design)
    by Ian L. McHarg

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  10. 11.
    A Scientist in the City
    by James Trefil

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  11. 12.
    Ancient Futures: Learning from Ladakh
    by Helena Norberg-Hodge

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  12. 14.
    Cities People Planet: Liveable Cities for a Sustainable World
    by Herbert Girardet

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Created by ideath on Aug 31, 2006.
 

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ideath
Portland

class related — 3 years ago

watching the jane jacobs video in class made me want to go read her books. i do have these two waiting for me. i also have a lot of other books in progress and waiting!


ideath
Portland

Untitled — 3 years ago

This list is largely thanks to Ouro’s coworkers, though the Girardet is a textbook for a class this semester.