Urbanism 21

Book Forum

 

A Final Harvest for the 20th Century Urban Planning Literature (Arabic Article)

 

Top 2008  Urban Design Books

 

1- Design Charrettes for Sustainable Communities
by Patrick M. Condon
Island Press, 192 pages

2- Immigrants and Boomers: Forging a New Social Contract for the Future of America
by Dowell Myers
Russell Sage Foundation Publications, 356 pages

3- Last Harvest: How a Cornfield Became New Daleville
by Witold Rybczynski
Scribner, 320 pages

4- Smart Growth in a Changing World
by Jonathan Barnett, F. Kaid Benfield, Paul Farmer, Shelley Poticha, Robert Yaro and Armando Carbonell
University of Chicago Press, 148 pages

5- Sustainable Design: Ecology, Architecture, and Planning
by Daniel E. Williams, David W. Orr and Donald Watson
Wiley, 304 pages

6- Sustainable Urbanism: Urban Design With Nature
by Douglas Farr
Wiley, 256 pages

7- The Best-Laid Plans: How Government Planning Harms Your Quality of Life, Your Pocketbook, and Your Future
by Randal O'Toole
Cato Institute, 416 pages

8- The Great Neighborhood Book: A Do-It-Yourself Guide to Placemaking
by Jay Walljasper
New Society Publishers, 173 pages

9- The Option of Urbanism: Investing in a New American Dream
by Christopher B. Leinberger
Island Press, 224 pages

10- Visualizing Density
by Julie Campoli and Alex S. MacLean
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 152 pages

 

Other Titles

 

Planning and Urban Design Standards : The latest addition to " Time Saver " the respected Graphic Standard, 736pp.

Site Analysis: A Contextual Approach to Sustainable Land Planning and Site Design (2nd Edition)
by James A. LaGro Jr.
Wiley, 384 pages 

Boomburbs: The Rise of America's Accidental Cities
by Robert E. Lang and Jennifer B. LeFurgy
Brookings Institution Press, 212 pages

 Regenerating Older Suburbs
by Richard B. Peiser
Urban Land Institute, 217 pages

  

More Topics

 Planning Movements, Growth Management, New Urbanism, Participation & Empowerment, Citizen Participation, Communication, Conflict Resolution, Visioning, Types of Spatial Plans, Comprehensive Planning, Neighborhood Planning, Regional Planning, Site Plans, Small Town & Rural Planning, Suburbia, Urban Design, Types of Functional Plans, Bicycle Planning, Disaster-Mitigation Planning, Economic Planning, Facilities-Infrastructure Planning, Housing Planning, Parks & Recreation Planning, Pedestrian Planning, Preservation Planning, Public Health Planning, Transit Planning, Transportation Planning, Tourism & Resort Planning, Places & Place Making, City Form, Corridors, Development Types, Districts, Downtowns, Land Development, Safety, Signs, Regions, Places, Streetscapes, Transit-Oriented Development, Land & Environmental Issues, Air, Climate, Farming, Forestry, Land, Water, Economic Issues, Commercial & Industrial, Community Development, Redevelopment-Revitalization, Planning Methods, Analysis Techniques, Impact Assessment, Market Analysis, Projections & Demand Analysis, Visualization, Infrastructure, Parking, Public Works, Transportation Facilities, Utilities, Planning Management & Finance, Finance, Planning Administration, Management, Information Technology, Computer Software, Maps & Surveys, Careers & Planning Profession, Planning Theory

Google