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The Image of the City by Kevin Lynch Publisher Comments What does the city's form actually mean to the people who live there? What can the city planner do to make the city's image more vivid and memorable to the city dweller? To answer these questions, Mr. Lynch, supported by studies of Los Angeles, Boston... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper 
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A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction by Christopher Alexander and Sara Ishikawa and Murray Silverstein Staff Pick Although I am not an architect, I keep this book on my bedside table at all times, so that I can pick it up and read about how the world should be, according to Christopher Alexander. The world is made of "patterns" that work organically. These patterns... (read more) List Price $65.00 Your price: $45.00 Used - Hardcover
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Green Cities of Europe: Global Lessons on Green Urbanism by Timothy (edt) Beatley Publisher Comments In the absence of federal leadership, states and localities are stepping forward to address critical problems like climate change, urban sprawl, and polluted water and air. Making a city fundamentally sustainable is a daunting task, but fortunately,... (read more) Your price: $42.50 New - Trade Paper
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Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier (11 Edition) by Edward L. Glaeser Publisher Comments A pioneering urban economist offers fascinating, even inspiring proof that the city is humanity's greatest invention and our best hope for the future. America is an urban nation. More than two thirds of us live on the 3 percent of land that contains our... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $15.00 Used - Hardcover
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Great Streets (93 Edition) by Allan B. Jacobs Publisher Comments Which are the world's best streets, and what are the physical, designable characteristics that make them great? To answer these questions, Allan Jacobs has surveyed street users and design professionals and has studied a wide array of street types and... (read more) List Price $46.95 Your price: $22.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Rethinking a Lot: The Design and Culture of Parking by Eran Ben-joseph Publisher Comments There are an estimated 600,000,000 passenger cars in the world, and that number is increasing every day. So too is Earth's supply of parking spaces. In some cities, parking lots cover more than one-third of the metropolitan footprint. It's official: we... (read more) Your price: $24.95 New - Hardcover
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The Placemaker's Guide to Building Community (Tools for Community Planning: Earthscan) by Nabeel Hamdi Publisher Comments From the author of Small Change comes this engaging guide to placemaking, packed with practical skills and tools that architects, planners, urban designers and other built environment specialists need in order to engage effectively with development work... (read more) Your price: $42.25 New - Trade Paper
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Discrimination By Design (92 Edition) by Leslie K. Weisman Publisher Comments Discrimination by Design is a fascinating account of the complex social processes and power struggles involved in building and controlling space. Leslie Kanes Weisman offers a new framework for understanding the spatial dimensions of gender and race as... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your price: $11.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs Staff Pick Ever wonder why we have suburbs? Or why we wanted them in the first place? What about the lovely ideal of the Parisian street lined with cafes and shops? Why don't we have more of those? Or would we want them at all? Then read this! If you live in, near,... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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S, M, L, XL: Small, Medium, Large, Extra-Large by Rem Koolhaas Staff Pick There are some books that will make you into a genius as soon as you turn back the title page, and S, M, L, XL by Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas is certainly one of them. Once you get the hang of things, the book is a remarkable and inspiring read... (read more) Your price: $85.00 New - Hardcover
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Classic Readings in Urban Planning (2ND 04 Edition) by Jay M. Stein Publisher Comments This new edition of the best anthology in planning includes 33 selections by many of the profession's most respected thinkers and eloquent writers. Returning editor Jay M. Stein chose the articles-about half of them new to this edition-based on... (read more) List Price $64.95 Your price: $59.75 New - Trade Paper
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Independent for Life: Homes and Neighborhoods for an Aging America by Henry Cisneros Publisher Comments Do you want to age independently in your own home and neighborhood? Staying home, aging in place, is most people's preference, but most American housing and communities are not adapted to the needs of older people. And with the fastest population growth... (read more) Your price: $24.95 New - Trade Paper
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Worlding Cities: Asian Experiments and the Art of Being Global (Studies in Urban and Social Change) by Ananya (edt) Roy Publisher Comments From Dubai to Delhi and from Singapore to Shanghai, cities across Asia are sites of intense experiments with different ways of being global. This book intervenes in urban theory focused on established global cities, and instead argues that the urban... (read more) Your price: $40.95 New - Trade Paper
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Sustainable Urbanism and Beyond: Rethinking Cities for the Future by Tigran Haas Publisher Comments The city in the twenty-first century faces major challenges, including social and economic stratification, wasteful consumption of resources, transportation congestion, and environmental degradation. More than half of the world’s population lives... (read more) Your price: $75.00 New - Hardcover
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Sustainable Urbanism: Urban Design With Nature (07 Edition) by Douglas Farr Publisher Comments A call to action and a comprehensive guide to sustainable urban design "This book celebrates the magical power of design and of an emerging pattern of human settlement—Sustainable Urbanism—that holds the promise of strengthening the... (read more) List Price $87.75 Your price: $60.50 Used - Hardcover
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Wiley Series in Sustainable Design #16: Sustainable Transportation Planning: Tools for Creating Vibrant, Healthy, and Resilient Communities by Jeffrey Tumlin Publisher Comments "The Great American Dream of cruising down the parkway, zipping from here to there at any time has given way to a true nightmare that is destroying the environment, costing billions and deeply impacting our personal well-being. Getting from A to B has... (read more) Your price: $95.00 New - Hardcover
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No Communication with the Sea: Searching for an Urban Future in the Great Basin by Tim Sullivan Publisher Comments Few other places in the United States are as high, dry, sparsely inhabited—and urbanized—as the Great Basin of Utah and Nevada. The great majority of the population of this rapidly growing region lives in the two metropolitan areas at its edges,... (read more) Your price: $19.95 New - Trade Paper
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Health and Community Design: The Impact of the Built Environment on Physical Activity by Lawrence D Frank Publisher Comments Health and Community Design is a comprehensive examination of how the built environment encourages or discourages physical activity, drawing together insights from a range of research on the relationships between urban form and public health. It provides... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $19.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Concrete and Clay: Reworking Nature in New York City by Matthew Gandy Publisher Comments In this innovative account of the urbanization of nature in New York City, Matthew Gandy explores how the raw materials of nature have been reworked to produce a "metropolitan nature" distinct from the forms of nature experienced by early settlers. The... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $14.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Marmol Radziner and Associates: Between Architecture and Construction by Leo Marmol Publisher Comments If you design some of the most stylish and beautiful modern houses in the Los Angeles area, including many for celebrityclients, how do you ensure that the projects are built to the standards you, and your patrons, demand? If you're the highlysought... (read more) Your price: $40.00 New - Trade Paper
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