City Planning & Urban Development
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Waste and the City: The Crisis of Sanitation and the Right to Citylife
$29.95 Read moreSanitation is fundamental to urban public life and health. We need Sanitation for All.
In an age of pandemics the relationship between the health of the city and good sanitation has never been more im- Author: McFarlane, Colin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: August 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1839760540
- Language: English
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Sky-High: A Critique of Nyc’s Supertall Towers from Top to Bottom
$40.00 Read morePart architectural guidebook and part critique, Sky-High documents the pencil-thin, supertall towers that are transforming New York City’s skyline as well as its streets.
New York City’s penchant for- Author: Nash, Eric P.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: June 27 2023
- ISBN10: 1797222546
- Language: English
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Cómo Hacer Grandes Cosas / How Big Things Get Done
$23.95 Read moreLos secretos para planificar y llevar a cabo con ?xito proyectos de cualquier envergadura, por el mayor experto munidal en megaproyectos.
Nada es m?s inspirador que una ambiciosa visi?n que se convier… [more below]- Author: Flyvbjerg, Bent
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: December 05 2023
- ISBN10: 8466674241
- Language: Spanish
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Sideways: The City Google Couldn’t Buy
$28.95 Read moreNATIONAL BESTSELLER
FINALIST FOR THE WRITERS’ TRUST SHAUGHNESSY COHEN PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING From the Globe and Mail tech reporter who revealed countless controversies while following the Sidewal- Author: O’Kane, Josh
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: September 13 2022
- ISBN10: 1039000789
- Language: English
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Renewing the Dream: The Mobility Revolution and the Future of Los Angeles
$80.00 Read moreCalifornia, once the epitome of car culture, is now leading the green movement, transitioning away from the internal combustion engine and to some extent the car–and having to rethink how we live, as… [more below]
- Author: Sanders, James
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 260
- Publish Date: September 12 2023
- ISBN10: 0847873293
- Language: English
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Architect, Verb.: The New Language of Building
$26.95 Read moreThe Hidden Rules of Architecture: how to build world-class, award winning, creative, innovative, sustainable, liveable and beautiful spaces that foster a sense of place and well being
Leading architec- Author: De Graaf, Reinier
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: February 28 2023
- ISBN10: 1839761911
- Language: English
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Shrink the City: The 15-Minute Urban Experiment and the Cities of the Future
$16.95 Add to cartCities define the lives of all those who call them home: where we go, how we get there, how we spend our time. But what if we rethink the ways we plan, live in, and move around our cities? What if we
- Author: Whittle, Natalie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: September 10 2024
- ISBN10: 1891011898
- Language: English
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Key to the City: How Zoning Shapes Our World
$28.99 Add to cartZoning codes dictate how and where we can build housing, factories, restaurants, and parks. They limit how tall buildings can be and where trees can be planted. They have become the most significant r
- Author: Bronin, Sara C.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 01 2024
- ISBN10: 0393881660
- Language: English
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Build, Baby, Build: The Science and Ethics of Housing Regulation
$25.95 Read moreIn this exciting new graphic novel, economist Bryan Caplan examines how changes to housing regulation can lead us to a vastly better world.
Why are housing prices in America so unbelievably high, espec
- Author: Caplan, Bryan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 300
- Publish Date: May 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1952223415
- Language: English
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Sixty Miles Upriver: Gentrification and Race in a Small American City
$29.95 Add to cartAn unvarnished portrait of gentrification in an underprivileged, majority-minority small city
Newburgh is a small postindustrial city of some twenty-eight thousand people located sixty miles north of- Author: Ocejo, Richard E.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 23 2024
- ISBN10: 0691211329
- Language: English
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Inventing Paradise: The Power Brokers Who Created the Dream of Los Angeles
$29.95 Add to cartInventing Paradise: The Power Brokers Who Created the Dream of Los Angeles traces the improbable rise of Los Angeles through the prism of six visionaries who had outsize influence on the city’s growth
- Author: Haddad, Paul
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 404
- Publish Date: June 18 2024
- ISBN10: 1595801278
- Language: English
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Hollow Land: Israel’s Architecture of Occupation
$29.95 Read moreHow does Israel extend its control over Palestinian lands? From the tunnels of Gaza to the militarized airspace of the Occupied Territories, Eyal Weizman unravels the mechanisms of control and how the… [more below]
- Author: Weizman, Eyal
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: October 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1804297100
- Language: English
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City Planning: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Read moreCity planning is a practice and a profession. It is also a set of goals and–sometimes utopian–aspirations. Formal thought about the shaping of cities as physical spaces and social environments calls… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Abbott, Carl
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: October 22 2020
- ISBN10: 019094434X
- Language: English
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In the Loop: A Political and Economic History of San Antonio
$34.95 Read moreIn the Loop: A Political and Economic History of San Antonio, is the culmination of urban historian David Johnson’s extensive research into the development of Texas’s oldest city. Beginning with San … [more below]
- Author: Johnson, David R.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: October 06 2020
- ISBN10: 1595349227
- Language: English
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A Country of Cities: A Manifesto for an Urban America
$29.95 Add to cart“Chakrabarti has written a wonderful book about the potential of America’s cities. He argues convincingly how the country would benefit economically and environmentally if the suburbs started to move
- Author: Chakrabarti, Vishaan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 252
- Publish Date: May 30 2013
- ISBN10: 1935202170
- Language: English
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Ghetto
$24.00 Add to cartA New York Times Notable Book of 2016
On March 29, 1516, the city council of Venice issued a decree forcing Jews to live in il geto–a closed quarter name
Winner of the Z calo Public Square Book Prize- Author: Duneier, Mitchell
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 21 2017
- ISBN10: 0374536775
- Language: English
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The Plan of Chicago: Daniel Burnham and the Remaking of the American City
$15.00 Add to cartArguably the most influential document in the history of urban planning, Daniel Burnham’s 1909 Plan of Chicago, coauthored by Edward Bennett and produced in collaboration with the Commercial Club of C
- Series: Chicago Visions and Revisions
- Author: Smith, Carl
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 202
- Publish Date: August 01 2007
- ISBN10: 0226764729
- Language: English
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The Smart Growth Manual
$35.00 Add to cartPublisher’s Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.
Everyone is … [more below]
- Author: Duany, Andres
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: November 01 2009
- ISBN10: 0071376755
- Language: English
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The Creative Community Builder’s Handbook: How to Transform Communities Using Local Assets, Arts, and Culture
$41.99 Add to cartPut the power of arts and culture to work in your community Part 1 of this unique guide distills research and emerging ideas behind culturally driven community development and explains key underlying … [more below]
- Author: Borrup, Tom
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: August 02 2006
- ISBN10: 0940069474
- Language: English
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Community Building: What Makes It Work: A Review of Factors Influencing Successful Community Building
$33.95 Add to cartThis practical guide shows you what really does (and doesn’t) contribute to community building success. It reveals 28 keys to help you build community more effectively and efficiently. You won’t find … [more below]
- Author: Mattessich, Paul W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: June 15 1997
- ISBN10: 0940069121
- Language: English
