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

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

  3. 5.
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    Defensible Space; Crime Prevention Through Urban Design.
    by Oscar Newman

  4. 7.
    The Economy of Cities
    by Jane Jacobs

  5. 8.
    Great Streets
    by Allan B. Jacobs

  6. 9.
    Good City Form
    by michael Lynch

  7. 10.
    Design with Nature (Wiley Series in Sustainable Design)
    by Ian L. McHarg

  8. 11.
    A Scientist in the City
    by James Trefil

  9. 12.
    Ancient Futures: Learning from Ladakh
    by Helena Norberg-Hodge

  10. 14.
    Cities People Planet: Liveable Cities for a Sustainable World
    by Herbert Girardet

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Created by ideath on Aug 31, 2006.
 

Comments

class related — 5 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!


Untitled — 5 years ago

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




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