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1	The City Reader more books like this by Richard T LeGates (Editor), Frederic Stout (Editor) add to wishlist The fourth edition of the highly successful "The City Reader" brings together the very best of publications on the city. It includes classic writings by such authors as Lewis Mumford, Ernest W. Burgess, LeCorbusier, Lewis Wirth, Jane Jacobs, and Kevin Lynch meet the best contemporary writings of, among others, Sir Peter Hall, Richard Florida, Mike ... see all copies from £5.91! new only from £29.44! \| first editions
2	The death and life of great American cities more books like this by Jane Jacobs add to wishlist Jane Jacobs sets out to produce an attack on current city-planning and rebuilding in America and to introduce new principles by which these should be governed. Throughout the post-war period, planners temperamentally unsympathetic to cities have been let loose on the urban environment. Inspired by the ideals of the Garden City or Le Corbusier's ... see all copies from £8.07! new only from £9.80! \| first editions
3	Home from Nowhere: Remaking Our Everyday World for the 21st Century more books like this by James Howard Kunstler add to wishlist In "Home from Nowhere", the author of the landmark book "Geography of Nowhere" not only shows that the original American dream--the desire for peaceful, pleasant places in which to work and live--still has a strong hold on our imaginations, but offers innovative, eminently practical ways to make that dream a reality. Photos & line drawings. see all copies from £1.26! new only from £5.60! \| first editions
4	Contemporary Urban Planning more books like this by John M Levy add to wishlist For introductory undergraduate/first year graduate courses in Urban Planning, Urban Administration, Urban Politics, and Urban Problems in departments of political science, geography, and urban studies.Based on the author's extensive experience as a working planner, this book gives students an insider's view of sub-state urban planning--the "nitty ... see all copies from £5.60! new only from £28.01!
5	Notes on the Synthesis of Form more books like this by Christopher Alexander add to wishlist "These notes are about the process of design: the process of inventing things which display new physical order, organization, form, in response to function." This book, opening with these words, presents an entirely new theory of the process of design. In the first part of the book, Mr. Alexander discusses the process by which a form is adapted ... see all copies from £13.08! new only from £15.61!
6	Image of the City more books like this by Kevin Lynch add to wishlist The classic work on the evaluation of city form. see all copies from £9.52! new only from £14.49! \| first editions
7	Cities of the World: World Regional Urban Development more books like this by Stanley D Brunn add to wishlist The only text to offer a regional survey of world urban development, this third edition has been fully revised and updated to include new chapter authors, new cities and regions, and an expanded art program. Focusing on the eleven major culture realms of the world, the volume examines each region's urban history, economy, and culture and society, ... see all copies from £2.26! new only from £10.57! \| first editions
8	Promoting Community Change: Making It Happen in the Real World more books like this by Mark S Homan add to wishlist Learn the skills that will allow you to improve the lives of not only individual clients, but of entire communities, with "Promoting Community Change". This text addresses the real world issues facing social work, human services, and community health professionals who want to take the theoretical discussion of community forward and realize ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £1.24! \| first editions
9	City: A Story of Roman Planning and Construction more books like this by David Macaulay add to wishlist How the Ancient Romans extensively planned and built their cities. Readers will learn how a city's population and size were determined prior to construction and how streets, sidewalks, roads, bridges, and sewer systems were designed. Illustrated with detailed b&w drawings. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £7.16! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	Ancient Futures: Lessons from Ladakh for a Globalizing World more books like this by Helena Norberg-Hodge, H H The Dalai Lama (Foreword by), Peter Matthiessen (Introduction by) add to wishlist A gripping portrait of the western Himalayan land sometimes known as "Little Tibet," "Ancient Futures" opens with author Helena Norberg-Hodge's first visit in 1975 to idyllic, preindustrial Ladakh. She then tracks the profound changes that occurred as the region was opened to foreign tourists and Western goods and technologies, and offers a ... see all copies from £10.69! new only from £10.69!
11 view cover	Cities of Tomorrow more books like this by Peter Hall add to wishlist This is a history of the ideas, events and personalities that shaped the cities of the world during the twentieth century. Peter Hall shows the benevolent influence of the anarchist ideals of Reclus and Kropotkin in the work of Howard, Geddes and Lloyd Wright, which found expression in garden cities and community planning. He contrasts this with ... see all copies from £7.23! new only from £23.66!
12 view cover	Space, Time & Architecture: The Growth of a New Tradition more books like this by Sigfried Giedion add to wishlist A classic work, first published in 1941, translated into half a dozen languages, and now in a fifth edition, "Space, Time and Architecture" is an unparalleled work on the shaping of our architectural environment. The discussions of leading architects - Wright, Gropius, Le Corbusier, Van der Rohe, Aalto, Utzon, Sert, Tange, and Maki - are ... see all copies from £7.35! new only from £21.76! \| signed copies \| first editions
13 view cover	Design of Cities: Revised Edition more books like this by Edmund N Bacon add to wishlist In a brilliant synthesis of words and pictures, Edmund N. Bacon relates historical examples to modern principles of urban planning. He vividly demonstrates how the work of great architects and planners of the past can influence subsequent development and be continued by later generations. By illuminating the historical background of urban design, ... see all copies from £9.94! new only from £17.47! \| first editions
14 view cover	History of Urban Form Before the Industrial Revolution more books like this by A E Morris add to wishlist Provides an international history of urban development, from its origins to the industrial revolution. This well established book maintains the high standard of information found in the previous two editions, describing the physical results of some 5000 years of urban activity. It explains and develops the concept of 'unplanned' cities that grow ... see all copies from £31.79! new only from £47.79!
15 view cover	The Culture of Cities more books like this by Lewis Mumford add to wishlist This offers the first broad treatment of the city in both its historic and its contemporary aspects. "For distinction, entertainment, information, scholarship, and general human interest [this] is one of the most distinguished books" (Forum). Index; photographs. see all copies from £4.68! new only from £65.98! \| first editions
16 view cover	Practical Manual of Land Development more books like this by Barbara Colley add to wishlist Civil engineers and other professionals involved in site design and preparation for land development projects should find useful technical information, formulae and data in this edition of this sourcebook. Included are detailed accounts of the process of land development, the factors involved in site analysis and the methods of estimating costs. ... see all copies from £6.64! new only from £29.26!
17 view cover	Community Organizing and Development more books like this by Herbert J Rubin add to wishlist This revised edition of a well-known and widely used text in community organizing and development fully examines the broad and changing political and social settings that influence actions; while portraying the infra-structure of social change -- the knowledge, personnel, and organizations -- that enable such work to be successfully accomplished. ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £49.55!
18 view cover	Our Ecological Footprint: Reducing Human Impact on the Earth more books like this by Dr. Mathis Wackernagel, William Rees add to wishlist Equipped with useful charts and thought-provoking illustrations, this book introduces a revolutionary new way to determine humanity's impact on the Earth and presents an exciting and powerful tool for measuring and visualising the resources required to sustain households, communities, regions, and nations. see all copies from £1.96! new only from £9.94! \| first editions
19 view cover	Collage City more books like this by Colin Rowe add to wishlist This book is a critical reappraisal of contemporary theories of urban planning and design and of the role of the architect-planner in an urban context. see all copies from £16.62! new only from £17.44!
20 view cover	House by House, Block by Block: The Rebirth of America's Urban Neighborhoods more books like this by Professor Alexander Von Hoffman add to wishlist Not long ago, neighborhoods such as the South Bronx, South Central Los Angeles, and Boston's Roxbury were crime-ridden wastelands of vacant lots and burned-out buildings, notorious symbols of urban decay. In House by House, Block by Block, Alexander von Hoffman tells the remarkable stories of how local activists and community groups helped turn ... see all copies from £5.68! new only from £6.84! \| signed copies \| first editions
21 view cover	Streets of Hope: The Fall and Rise of an Urban Neighborhood more books like this by Peter Medoff, Holly Sklar add to wishlist Streets of Hope tells the unique story of the revitalization of a Boston neighborhood--from the grassroots and without gentrification. In the early 1980s Dudley Square was under attack. Redlining and redevelopment made arson common and hardly a night passed when a house was not on fire. It was here that residents and their allies formed the ... see all copies from £5.60! new only from £17.95! \| signed copies
22 view cover	City Life more books like this by Witold Rybczynski add to wishlist Tracing the development of American cities and city life from early colonial settlements to the familiar downtowns of today, a sweeping cultural history reveals how our urban spaces have been shaped by the land and the American lifestyle. Reprint. 25,000 first printing. NYT. see all copies from £5.60! new only from £7.67! \| first editions
23 view cover	Asset Building & Community Development more books like this by Gary Paul Green, Anna Haines add to wishlist In Asset Building and Community Development Gary Paul Green and Anna Haines provide an engaging, thought-provoking, interdisciplinary overview of the community development field. They explore the history of the community development movement in the United States and in international settings. Using an asset-based approach that considers human, ... see all copies from £11.53! new only from £39.83!
24 view cover	Walks Through Lost Paris: A Journey Into the Heart of Historic Paris more books like this by Leonard Pitt, Alexandre Gady (Foreword by) add to wishlist When he discovered that the city he lived in for many years was actually entirely rebuilt during the mid-1800s, Leonard Pitt plunged into Paris's history and began photographing what he learned had changed. Eventually, he led tours and gave lectures on the demolition and reconstruction that changed the city forever. "Walks Through Lost Paris" ... see all copies from £9.94! new only from £10.82!
25 view cover	The Ghosts of Berlin: Confronting German History in the Urban Landscape more books like this by Brian Ladd add to wishlist Brian Ladd examines the ongoing conflicts radiating from the fusion of architecture, history and national identity in present-day Berlin. This volume asks such questions as: how will a reunified Germany confront a diverse and authoritarian past rendered tangible by the Berlin Wall, the Reichstag, Hitler's bunker - even the Brandenburg Gate? How ... see all copies from £9.02! new only from £13.11! \| first editions

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