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.
Regenerating Older Suburbs by Richard Peiser
OVERVIEW FROM ULI… “How can aging inner-ring suburbs remain vital and attract the strategies and solutions employed by 10 inner-ring […]
Retrofitting Suburbia: Urban Design Solutions for Redesigning Suburbs
“Updated with a new Introduction by the authors and a foreword by Richard Florida, this book is a comprehensive guide […]
Sea Level Rise A Slow Tsunami on America’s Shores by Orrin H. Pilkey and Keith C. Pilkey
“In Sea Level Rise Orrin H. Pilkey and Keith C. Pilkey argue that the only feasible response along much of […]
Seeing Trees, A History of Street Trees in New York City and Berlin by Sonja Dümpelmann
From Yale Books: “A fascinating and beautifully illustrated volume that explains what street trees tell us about humanity’s changing relationship […]
Seeing Trees, A History of Street Trees in New York City and Berlin by Sonja Dümpelmann
FROM YALE BOOKS… “A fascinating and beautifully illustrated volume that explains what street trees tell us about humanity’s changing relationship […]
Seeing Trees; A History of Street Trees in New York City and Berlin by Sonja Dümpelmann
“A fascinating and beautifully illustrated volume that explains what street trees tell us about humanity’s changing relationship with nature and the […]
Shaping Our Nation: How Surges of Migration Transformed America and Its Politics [2013].
Population origins make a difference. Shaping Our Nations by Michael Barone tells the story of several mass migrations and imigrations that […]
Sidewalks and Trails
From the Florida Department of Transportation From CT.org…FDOT has done a great service in describing their ideas and specs for […]
SIMSOC, The Coordinator’s Manual by William A. Gamson with Larry G. Peppers
An Overview. SIMSOC (which is pronounced sim-sock and stands for simulated society) is the most versatile role-playing game in the […]
Small Town Economic Development: Reports on Growth Strategies in Practice by Joaquin Jay Gonzalez III, PhD, Roger L. Kemp, PhD, Jonathan Rosenthal, MPA, AICP
The book begins with nine articles on the state of small towns and cities in the United States, and ends […]