Recs if you like The Death and Life of Great American Cities...
The Cities We Deserve
Nonfiction exploring how better city design (urban planning) and policy can build people-centered cities that are sustainable, inclusive, and future-proof. Very North America centric but applies elsewhere.
an Urban Planner's recs
books I can find on PB that my professor's and cohort reference
Walkability
How the lack of walkable infrastructure affects us and what we can do to combat it
Design for Social Change
Required reading in undergraduate design for social good. List curated from my class readings. Topics in design, philosophy, fashion, games, and more!
Urbanism starter kit
Radical thinking for liveable streets
Jane Jacobs and citybuilding
Transportation Planning
Books for those interested in walking, biking, rolling, buses, streets, roads, and more.
Urbanist books to understand the built environment
Books which help to inform urban planning theory
Books I read for class
Books I was assigned in various classes in high school and college!
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