BOOK REVIEWS
Books are important. CharacterTowns.org selects and discusses current publications and works from previous generations that still hold wisdom for contemporary city-building. The review also includes published reviews and Youtube links to discussions by or about the author. Books are selected from the attached Suggested Readings.
Planning School Grounds for Outdoor Learning by Cheryl Wagner and Douglas Gordon, Hon. AIA
Almost every K–12 school has at least some outdoor space that faculty could use (or already do) to breathe life […]
Planning Small and Mid-Sized Towns, Designing and Retrofitting for Sustainability by Avi Friedman
“Small and mid-sized suburban towns house two-thirdsof the world’s population and current modes of planningfor these municipalities are facing challenges […]
Plastic Game Changer by Amanda Keetley
How to Reduce Plastic in your Organization to Make a Difference to Plastic Pollution. “Our beautiful oceans are filling with […]
Playing to Win, How Strategy Really Works by A.G. Lafley and Roger L. Martin
Michael Porter inspired A.G. Lafley and Roger L. Martin to write a book about strategy; namely, Playing to Win, How […]
Power Failure, Politics, Patronage, and the Economic Future of Buffalo, New York.
Power Failure [2006] is a terrific analysis of the process whereby a prosperous town deteriorated into a failed city due to […]
Rationality: What it is, Why it seems Scarce, Why it Matters.
Can reading a book make you more rational? Can it help us understand why there is so much irrationality in […]
Reaching for the Future, Creative Finance for Smaller Communities
Reaching for the Future, Creative Finance for Smaller Communities[embeddoc url=”https://www.charactertowns.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Financing-small-cities.pdf” width=”100%” download=”all” viewer=”google”] is another wonderful ULI publication that addresses […]
Reaching for the Future, Creative Finance for Smaller Communities by Tom Murphy, Maureen McAvey and Bridget Lane
ULI continues to produce professional studies useful to the development community and the small cities and towns they serve. This […]
Reaching for the Future, Creative Finance for Smaller Communities by Tom Murphy, Maureen McAvey and Bridget Lane, ULI
SUMMARY. ULI continues to produce professional studies useful to the development community and the small cities and towns they serve. This one […]
Recast Your City: How to Save Your Downtown with Small-Scale Manufacturing
“Too many U.S. cities and towns have been focused on a model of economic development that relies on recruiting one […]