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Design of Cities: Revised Edition by Edmund N. Bacon

Character town planning benefits from Mr. Bacon’s work. Design of Cities is the book one should read when starting a career […]

Strategy is the game. Michael Porter inspired A.G. Lafley and Roger L. Martin to write a book about strategy; namely, Playing

William McDonough is the best thinker and doer of our age. His work with Michael Braungart on Cradle to Cradle followed by

State-Building, Governance and the New World Order in the 21st Century is a compact book written by Professor Fukuyama after 9/11 but

Fareed Zakaria has written thoughtfully and widely on geopolitics and global society. He also discusses issues in a refreshingly interactive way

Character towns rely on social infrastructure. “In Palaces for the People, Klinenberg, a sociologist and director of New York University’s Institute

Today’s industrial users are looking beyond rental rates to consider transportation and inventory carrying costs when making location decisions. THE

“Today, women in both business and leisure,have a critical influence on the success of a downtown area. What are the

Stepping into Thinking in Systems turns out to be a big step; a step entering the world of Donella Meadows. Dr. Meadows

JANE JACOBS’S STREET SMARTS. What the urbanist and writer got so right about cities—and what she got wrong.By Adam Gopnik “Jacobs, in