The City in History: Its Origins, Its Transformations, Its Prospects by Lewis Mumford
Character Town Commentary. Lewis Mumford became famous because of this book; he won the National Book Award for non-fiction in […]
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Books-and-publications-by-leaders-in-the-planning and urban design professions plus books on climate change and other relevant topics.
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“A Better Planet: Forty Big Ideas for a Sustainable Future” by Daniel C. Esty
FROM AMAZON: Sustainability has emerged as a global priority over the past several years. The 2015 Paris Agreement on climate
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“A Clearing in the Distance, Frederick Law Olmsted and America in the Nineteenth Century” by Witold Rybczynski
From Amazon “In a brilliant collaboration between writer and subject, Witold Rybczynski, the bestselling author of Now I Sit Me
“Design with Nature 25th Edition” by Ian L. McHarg
FROM AMAZON… “In presenting us with a vision of organic exuberance and human delight, which ecology and ecological design promise
The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming by David Wallace-Wells
FROM AMAZON…“It is worse, much worse, than you think. If your anxiety about global warming is dominated by fears of
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Losing Earth: A Recent History by Nathaniel Rich
From Amazon: By 1979, we knew nearly everything we understand today about climate change―including how to stop it. Over the
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How America is Putting Itself Back Together by James and Deborah Fallows.
Published in The Atlantic, March 2016. The Tease. “Most Americans believe the country is going to hell. They’re wrong. What
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“What I Found in a Thousand Towns” by Dar Williams
The title tells the method, the book tells the whys and wherefores. “Positive proximity” is a big concept…”a state of
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Social Entrepreneurship for the 21st Century: Innovation Across the Nonprofit, Private, and Public Sectors by Georgia Levenson Keohane
This is a hugely important book for those who want to understand the nonprofit world and its evolving role. ”
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Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time by Jeff Speck
From CharacterTowns.org… Walkability of cities is an important element of every city’s plans for livability, transportation, recreation and neighborhoods. Walter