50 Books like Streetfight

Tactical Urbanism

by Mike Lydon • 2014

How to hack your city with paint, planters, and pop-up parks, and prove change is possible now.

3.99

315

🛠️ Diy Urbanism 🎨 Creative Placemaking 🏗️ Pop-Up Urbanism 🚲 Street Reclamation 🗳️ Participatory Planning

Tactical Urbanism 97%

How to hack your city with paint, planters, and pop-up parks, and prove change is possible now.

by Mike Lydon 2014

3.99

315 ratings

🛠️ Diy Urbanism 🎨 Creative Placemaking 🏗️ Pop-Up Urbanism 🚲 Street Reclamation 🗳️ Participatory Planning

Curbing Traffic

by Melissa Bruntlett • 2021

Dutch cities prove removing cars heals loneliness, restores childhood, and makes everyone richer.

4.38

633

🏛️ Urban Policy 🏗️ Urban Design 🚗 Car Dependency 🚶 Walkable Cities 🌳 Public Space

Curbing Traffic 96%

Dutch cities prove removing cars heals loneliness, restores childhood, and makes everyone richer.

by Melissa Bruntlett 2021

4.38

633 ratings

🏛️ Urban Policy 🏗️ Urban Design 🚗 Car Dependency 🚶 Walkable Cities 🌳 Public Space

Smart Cities

by Anthony M. Townsend • 2013

Corporations are selling smart cities. A movement of civic hackers has a better blueprint.

3.61

817

🏙️ Urban Technology 🔌 Digital Infrastructure 🗳️ Civic Technology 📊 Open Data 🌱 Grassroots Innovation

Smart Cities 96%

Corporations are selling smart cities. A movement of civic hackers has a better blueprint.

by Anthony M. Townsend 2013

3.61

817 ratings

🏙️ Urban Technology 🔌 Digital Infrastructure 🗳️ Civic Technology 📊 Open Data 🌱 Grassroots Innovation

Road to Nowhere

by Paris Marx • 2022

The tech-driven transportation future is a dead end. The real fix: fewer cars, better transit.

4.16

643

🚗 Car Culture 🏙️ Urban Planning 💻 Techno-Solutionism 🚌 Public Transit 🛵 Gig Economy

Road to Nowhere 95%

The tech-driven transportation future is a dead end. The real fix: fewer cars, better transit.

by Paris Marx 2022

4.16

643 ratings

🚗 Car Culture 🏙️ Urban Planning 💻 Techno-Solutionism 🚌 Public Transit 🛵 Gig Economy

The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces

by William H. Whyte • 1980

A decade of time-lapse footage on New York plazas upended every assumption about what draws a crowd.

4.33

927

🏙️ Public Space 🚶 Street Life 🏘️ Human-Scale Urbanism ✨ Placemaking 🌍 Urban Anthropology

The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces Summary

The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces 95%

A decade of time-lapse footage on New York plazas upended every assumption about what draws a crowd.

by William H. Whyte 1980

4.33

927 ratings

🏙️ Public Space 🚶 Street Life 🏘️ Human-Scale Urbanism ✨ Placemaking 🌍 Urban Anthropology

Palaces for the People

by Eric Klinenberg • 2018

Stronger than seawalls: the shared spaces that hold communities together when everything breaks.

3.97

5k+

🏙️ Public Space 🧱 Placemaking 🤝 Social Capital 💪 Community Resilience 📚 Libraries And Community

Palaces for the People 94%

Stronger than seawalls: the shared spaces that hold communities together when everything breaks.

by Eric Klinenberg 2018

3.97

5k+ ratings

🏙️ Public Space 🧱 Placemaking 🤝 Social Capital 💪 Community Resilience 📚 Libraries And Community

Escaping the Housing Trap

by Charles L. Marohn Jr. • 2024

Housing can't be both affordable shelter and a good investment. That conflict is the trap.

4.37

503

🏙️ Urban Planning 🏠 Housing Policy 📜 Zoning Reform 💰 Affordability Crisis 🌱 Bottom-Up Urbanism

Escaping the Housing Trap 94%

Housing can't be both affordable shelter and a good investment. That conflict is the trap.

by Charles L. Marohn Jr. 2024

4.37

503 ratings

🏙️ Urban Planning 🏠 Housing Policy 📜 Zoning Reform 💰 Affordability Crisis 🌱 Bottom-Up Urbanism

How Infrastructure Works

by Deb Chachra • 2023

The hidden networks you rely on were built for a climate that no longer exists.

3.64

937

🏗️ Infrastructure Design 🧩 Systems Thinking 🕸️ Network Effects ⚡ Energy Transition ⚖️ Environmental Justice

How Infrastructure Works 94%

The hidden networks you rely on were built for a climate that no longer exists.

by Deb Chachra 2023

3.64

937 ratings

🏗️ Infrastructure Design 🧩 Systems Thinking 🕸️ Network Effects ⚡ Energy Transition ⚖️ Environmental Justice

Life After Cars

by Sarah Goodyear • 2025

The cost of car dependency is hidden in plain sight. What happens when we build for people instead?

4.26

1k+

🚗 Auto Culture 🏙️ Livable Cities 🚲 Tactical Urbanism 🅿️ Parking Reform 🚸 Traffic Safety

Life After Cars 94%

The cost of car dependency is hidden in plain sight. What happens when we build for people instead?

by Sarah Goodyear 2025

4.26

1k+ ratings

🚗 Auto Culture 🏙️ Livable Cities 🚲 Tactical Urbanism 🅿️ Parking Reform 🚸 Traffic Safety

Happy City

by Charles Montgomery • 2012

Sprawl isolates and exhausts. The evidence for repairing cities around human connection and joy.

4.36

10k+

🏙️ New Urbanism 🚶 Walkable Cities 🧠 Urban Psychology 🚗 Car Dependency 🌳 Public Space

Happy City 94%

Sprawl isolates and exhausts. The evidence for repairing cities around human connection and joy.

by Charles Montgomery 2012

4.36

10k+ ratings

🏙️ New Urbanism 🚶 Walkable Cities 🧠 Urban Psychology 🚗 Car Dependency 🌳 Public Space

Against the smart city

by Adam Greenfield • 2013

Smart cities sell efficiency but deliver surveillance. The real operating system is people.

3.96

132

🏙️ Smart Cities 📐 Urban Planning 🔬 Technological Critique 🤖 Algorithmic Control 💰 Neoliberal Urbanism

Against the smart city 94%

Smart cities sell efficiency but deliver surveillance. The real operating system is people.

by Adam Greenfield 2013

3.96

132 ratings

🏙️ Smart Cities 📐 Urban Planning 🔬 Technological Critique 🤖 Algorithmic Control 💰 Neoliberal Urbanism

The Option of Urbanism

by Christopher B. Leinberger • 2007

America's car suburbs were built by policy, not consumer choice. The market now wants the opposite.

3.89

185

🏙️ Urban Planning 🏘️ Sprawl 🏗️ New Urbanism 🚶 Walkable Cities 🏚️ Gentrification

The Option of Urbanism 94%

America's car suburbs were built by policy, not consumer choice. The market now wants the opposite.

by Christopher B. Leinberger 2007

3.89

185 ratings

🏙️ Urban Planning 🏘️ Sprawl 🏗️ New Urbanism 🚶 Walkable Cities 🏚️ Gentrification

The Smart Enough City

by Ben Green • 2019

Smart cities dress up political problems as engineering ones. The fix is governance, not gadgets.

4.12

208

🏙️ Smart Cities 🏛️ Urban Policy 💻 Technology Criticism ⚙️ Techno-Solutionism ⚖️ Algorithmic Bias

The Smart Enough City 94%

Smart cities dress up political problems as engineering ones. The fix is governance, not gadgets.

by Ben Green 2019

4.12

208 ratings

🏙️ Smart Cities 🏛️ Urban Policy 💻 Technology Criticism ⚙️ Techno-Solutionism ⚖️ Algorithmic Bias

Triumph of the City

by Edward L. Glaeser • 2011

Poverty flocks to cities because cities are the escape route. The economic case for density.

3.91

6k+

🏙️ Urban Economics 🏗️ City Planning 🏘️ Urban Density 🧠 Human Capital 💡 Knowledge Spillovers

Triumph of the City 94%

Poverty flocks to cities because cities are the escape route. The economic case for density.

by Edward L. Glaeser 2011

3.91

6k+ ratings

🏙️ Urban Economics 🏗️ City Planning 🏘️ Urban Density 🧠 Human Capital 💡 Knowledge Spillovers

The Great Inversion and the Future of the American City

by Alan Ehrenhalt • 2012

American metros are inverting: affluence returns downtown, immigrants settle the suburbs.

3.77

678

📊 Demographic Shifts 🏘️ Suburban Transformation 🏗️ Gentrification ☀️ Sun Belt Cities 🏙️ Density And Sprawl

The Great Inversion and the Future of the American City Summary

The Great Inversion and the Future of the American City 94%

American metros are inverting: affluence returns downtown, immigrants settle the suburbs.

by Alan Ehrenhalt 2012

3.77

678 ratings

📊 Demographic Shifts 🏘️ Suburban Transformation 🏗️ Gentrification ☀️ Sun Belt Cities 🏙️ Density And Sprawl

Power to the Public

by Tara Dawson McGuinness • 2021

Government services fail because they skip users. The fix: design with people, real data, iterate.

3.98

320

🏛️ Civic Technology 📜 Government Reform 🧑‍💻 Human-Centered Design 📈 Evidence-Based Policy 💻 Digital Transformation

Power to the Public 94%

Government services fail because they skip users. The fix: design with people, real data, iterate.

by Tara Dawson McGuinness 2021

3.98

320 ratings

🏛️ Civic Technology 📜 Government Reform 🧑‍💻 Human-Centered Design 📈 Evidence-Based Policy 💻 Digital Transformation

Radical Cities

by Justin McGuirk • 2014

The slums and squatter towers of Latin America are the world's most daring urban experiments.

4.27

434

🏚️ Informal Settlements ✊ Activist Architecture 🌎 Latin American Cities ⚖️ Urban Inequality 🚌 Public Transit

Radical Cities 93%

The slums and squatter towers of Latin America are the world's most daring urban experiments.

by Justin McGuirk 2014

4.27

434 ratings

🏚️ Informal Settlements ✊ Activist Architecture 🌎 Latin American Cities ⚖️ Urban Inequality 🚌 Public Transit

The Just City

by Susan S. Fainstein • 2010

Stop asking if a city is growing. Start asking who it's growing for.

3.75

174

🏙️ Urban Policy 📐 Planning Theory ⚖️ Distributive Justice 🏛️ Urban Political Economy 💼 Neoliberal Critique

The Just City 93%

Stop asking if a city is growing. Start asking who it's growing for.

by Susan S. Fainstein 2010

3.75

174 ratings

🏙️ Urban Policy 📐 Planning Theory ⚖️ Distributive Justice 🏛️ Urban Political Economy 💼 Neoliberal Critique

Networks of New York

by Ingrid Burrington • 2016

Orange lines on the pavement mark fiber-optic cables: a field guide to the visible internet.

3.80

232

🏙️ Urban Infrastructure 🌐 Network Infrastructure 📖 Visual Field Guides 🔭 Urban Observation 📡 Surveillance Technology

Networks of New York 93%

Orange lines on the pavement mark fiber-optic cables: a field guide to the visible internet.

by Ingrid Burrington 2016

3.80

232 ratings

🏙️ Urban Infrastructure 🌐 Network Infrastructure 📖 Visual Field Guides 🔭 Urban Observation 📡 Surveillance Technology

The Road Taken

by Henry Petroski • 2016

The $121 billion congestion tax: what the history of pavement says about fixing America's roads.

3.44

529

🏛️ Infrastructure Policy 🔧 Engineering History 🛣️ Road Design 🚦 Traffic Engineering ⚠️ Failure Studies

The Road Taken 93%

The $121 billion congestion tax: what the history of pavement says about fixing America's roads.

by Henry Petroski 2016

3.44

529 ratings

🏛️ Infrastructure Policy 🔧 Engineering History 🛣️ Road Design 🚦 Traffic Engineering ⚠️ Failure Studies

On Power

by Robert A. Caro • 2017

How one man built a financial empire inside the government and became untouchable.

3.95

1k+

🏙️ Urban Planning 🏛️ Political Power 🗳️ Machine Politics 🏚️ Displacement 🏢 Public Authorities

On Power 93%

How one man built a financial empire inside the government and became untouchable.

by Robert A. Caro 2017

3.95

1k+ ratings

🏙️ Urban Planning 🏛️ Political Power 🗳️ Machine Politics 🏚️ Displacement 🏢 Public Authorities

The Rise of the Creative Class

by Richard Florida • 2004

Jobs once followed factories. Now a class of creatives clusters in the most tolerant cities.

3.68

3k+

🏙️ Urban Economics 🎨 Creative Industries 🧠 Knowledge Work 🌍 Economic Geography 🏗️ Place Making

The Rise of the Creative Class 93%

Jobs once followed factories. Now a class of creatives clusters in the most tolerant cities.

by Richard Florida 2004

3.68

3k+ ratings

🏙️ Urban Economics 🎨 Creative Industries 🧠 Knowledge Work 🌍 Economic Geography 🏗️ Place Making

Capital City

by Samuel Stein • 2019

Gentrification is not a market outcome. It is policy, written by the real estate industry.

3.92

2k+

🏙️ Urban Political Economy 🏗️ Gentrification Studies 🚚 Urban Displacement 📖 Marxist Urban Theory 🏠 Housing Justice

Capital City 93%

Gentrification is not a market outcome. It is policy, written by the real estate industry.

by Samuel Stein 2019

3.92

2k+ ratings

🏙️ Urban Political Economy 🏗️ Gentrification Studies 🚚 Urban Displacement 📖 Marxist Urban Theory 🏠 Housing Justice

The Great Reset

by Richard Florida • 2010

Crashes rebuild how we live. Two gave us factories and suburbs. The third is remaking cities.

3.59

656

🏙️ Urban Economics 🗺️ Economic Geography 🏗️ Infrastructure 💡 Creative Economy 🔄 Post-Industrial Society

The Great Reset 92%

Crashes rebuild how we live. Two gave us factories and suburbs. The third is remaking cities.

by Richard Florida 2010

3.59

656 ratings

🏙️ Urban Economics 🗺️ Economic Geography 🏗️ Infrastructure 💡 Creative Economy 🔄 Post-Industrial Society

Glimpses of Utopia

by Jess Scully • 2020

A fair society is not theoretical. Its pieces are already running in cities across the world.

3.97

110

🗳️ Participatory Democracy 💡 Alternative Economics 🌳 Commons Stewardship 🤲 Care Economy 🏦 Financial Reform

Glimpses of Utopia 92%

A fair society is not theoretical. Its pieces are already running in cities across the world.

by Jess Scully 2020

3.97

110 ratings

🗳️ Participatory Democracy 💡 Alternative Economics 🌳 Commons Stewardship 🤲 Care Economy 🏦 Financial Reform

Paint Your Town Red

by Matthew Brown • 2021

38 million to 111 million: the spending shift that rebuilt a town.

3.71

173

🏘️ Localism 🗳️ Economic Democracy 🤝 Worker Cooperatives 🛒 Local Procurement 🗣️ Participatory Democracy

Paint Your Town Red 92%

38 million to 111 million: the spending shift that rebuilt a town.

by Matthew Brown 2021

3.71

173 ratings

🏘️ Localism 🗳️ Economic Democracy 🤝 Worker Cooperatives 🛒 Local Procurement 🗣️ Participatory Democracy

Design for a Better World

by Donald A. Norman • 2023

Everything around you was designed: economy, waste, climate. Design can repair what it broke.

3.61

198

🔄 Circular Economy 🌿 Sustainable Design 🧠 Systems Thinking 🤖 Technology And Society 📊 Beyond GDP

Design for a Better World 92%

Everything around you was designed: economy, waste, climate. Design can repair what it broke.

by Donald A. Norman 2023

3.61

198 ratings

🔄 Circular Economy 🌿 Sustainable Design 🧠 Systems Thinking 🤖 Technology And Society 📊 Beyond GDP

You Belong to the Universe

by Jonathan Keats • 2016

Buckminster Fuller never built a world-saving machine. He invented a way of thinking that could.

3.65

393

🕸️ Systems Thinking 🦎 Biomimicry 🚀 Futurism 🏙️ Utopian Design 💡 Design Philosophy

You Belong to the Universe 92%

Buckminster Fuller never built a world-saving machine. He invented a way of thinking that could.

by Jonathan Keats 2016

3.65

393 ratings

🕸️ Systems Thinking 🦎 Biomimicry 🚀 Futurism 🏙️ Utopian Design 💡 Design Philosophy

Design for the Real World

by Victor Papanek • 1972

Design fills the world with disposables. A manifesto for building what people actually need.

4.24

2k+

🏭 Industrial Design ⚖️ Design Ethics 🌱 Sustainable Design ♻️ Planned Obsolescence 🔧 Appropriate Technology

Design for the Real World 92%

Design fills the world with disposables. A manifesto for building what people actually need.

by Victor Papanek 1972

4.24

2k+ ratings

🏭 Industrial Design ⚖️ Design Ethics 🌱 Sustainable Design ♻️ Planned Obsolescence 🔧 Appropriate Technology

The Orbital Perspective

by Ron Garan • 2015

An astronaut's 71-million-mile view shows Earth borderless, and a plan for fixing global problems.

3.80

205

🪐 Overview Effect 🔗 Systems Thinking 🌐 Global Cooperation 👥 Crowdsourcing 📊 Open Data

The Orbital Perspective 92%

An astronaut's 71-million-mile view shows Earth borderless, and a plan for fixing global problems.

by Ron Garan 2015

3.80

205 ratings

🪐 Overview Effect 🔗 Systems Thinking 🌐 Global Cooperation 👥 Crowdsourcing 📊 Open Data

Design Justice

by Sasha Costanza-Chock • 2020

Design decides who benefits and who gets hurt. The communities on the losing end are now leading.

4.18

548

🫱🏾‍🫲🏽 Participatory Design ⚖️ Tech Ethics 🤖 Algorithmic Bias ✊🏿 Intersectional Feminism 🔍 Critical Design Studies

Design Justice 92%

Design decides who benefits and who gets hurt. The communities on the losing end are now leading.

by Sasha Costanza-Chock 2020

4.18

548 ratings

🫱🏾‍🫲🏽 Participatory Design ⚖️ Tech Ethics 🤖 Algorithmic Bias ✊🏿 Intersectional Feminism 🔍 Critical Design Studies

Justice at Work

by Marc Doussard • 2022

How coalitions fuse racial and economic justice to win policy in cities.

5.00

🏙️ Urban Policy ✊ Labor Movements 🤝 Coalition Building ⚖️ Racial Justice 📢 Community Organizing

Justice at Work 92%

How coalitions fuse racial and economic justice to win policy in cities.

by Marc Doussard 2022

5.00

3 ratings

🏙️ Urban Policy ✊ Labor Movements 🤝 Coalition Building ⚖️ Racial Justice 📢 Community Organizing

Design Thinking for the Greater Good

by Jeanne Liedtka • 2017

Innovate without a big R&D budget: borrowing designer methods that work in the public square.

4.00

🧠 Design Thinking 🏛️ Social Sector Innovation 🤲 Human-Centered Design 🔄 Organizational Change 🧪 Prototyping And Testing

Design Thinking for the Greater Good Summary

Design Thinking for the Greater Good 92%

Innovate without a big R&D budget: borrowing designer methods that work in the public square.

by Jeanne Liedtka 2017

4.00

50 ratings

🧠 Design Thinking 🏛️ Social Sector Innovation 🤲 Human-Centered Design 🔄 Organizational Change 🧪 Prototyping And Testing

Discursive Design

by Bruce M. Tharp • 2019

What if your toaster had an opinion? A field guide to design that argues.

4.36

🧠 Design Theory 🔮 Speculative Design 🔬 Design Research 🎓 Design Education ⚖️ Design Ethics

Discursive Design 92%

What if your toaster had an opinion? A field guide to design that argues.

by Bruce M. Tharp 2019

4.36

25 ratings

🧠 Design Theory 🔮 Speculative Design 🔬 Design Research 🎓 Design Education ⚖️ Design Ethics

Engineering in Plain Sight

by Grady Hillhouse • 2022

An illustrated field guide to the engineering secrets embedded in every street, pole, and bridge.

4.20

856

🏗️ Civil Engineering 🏙️ Built Environment ⚡ Infrastructure 🔧 Everyday Engineering 🔍 Field Guides

Engineering in Plain Sight 92%

An illustrated field guide to the engineering secrets embedded in every street, pole, and bridge.

by Grady Hillhouse 2022

4.20

856 ratings

🏗️ Civil Engineering 🏙️ Built Environment ⚡ Infrastructure 🔧 Everyday Engineering 🔍 Field Guides

Nowhere to Live

by James S. Burling • 2024

Why can't Americans afford homes? A century of rules made building them illegal.

4.00

🏠 Housing Policy 🏛️ Property Rights 🏗️ Zoning Reform ⚖️ Eminent Domain 📜 Government Overreach

Nowhere to Live 92%

Why can't Americans afford homes? A century of rules made building them illegal.

by James S. Burling 2024

4.00

12 ratings

🏠 Housing Policy 🏛️ Property Rights 🏗️ Zoning Reform ⚖️ Eminent Domain 📜 Government Overreach

Speculative Everything

by Anthony Dunne • 2013

Most design fixes problems. This design invents fictional worlds to test-drive better ones.

4.12

999

🧐 Design Criticism 🔮 Futures Thinking ⚙️ Technology Studies 💭 Social Imagination 🌍 World Building

Speculative Everything 92%

Most design fixes problems. This design invents fictional worlds to test-drive better ones.

by Anthony Dunne 2013

4.12

999 ratings

🧐 Design Criticism 🔮 Futures Thinking ⚙️ Technology Studies 💭 Social Imagination 🌍 World Building

How Change Happens

by Leslie R. Crutchfield • 2018

Six factors determine whether a movement wins or dies. None of them start in Washington.

3.74

160

📢 Social Movements ✊ Community Organizing 🗳️ Political Strategy 📖 Narrative Change 🏗️ Movement Building

How Change Happens 92%

Six factors determine whether a movement wins or dies. None of them start in Washington.

by Leslie R. Crutchfield 2018

3.74

160 ratings

📢 Social Movements ✊ Community Organizing 🗳️ Political Strategy 📖 Narrative Change 🏗️ Movement Building

Homelessness Is a Housing Problem

by Gregg Colburn • 2022

Homelessness rates don't track mental illness or poverty. They track rent and vacancy rates.

4.21

1k+

� Housing Policy 🏙️ Urban Economics 🏘️ Affordable Housing 🏡 Housing First 🗺️ Urban Planning

Homelessness Is a Housing Problem Summary

Homelessness Is a Housing Problem 92%

Homelessness rates don't track mental illness or poverty. They track rent and vacancy rates.

by Gregg Colburn 2022

4.21

1k+ ratings

� Housing Policy 🏙️ Urban Economics 🏘️ Affordable Housing 🏡 Housing First 🗺️ Urban Planning

No Impact Man

by Colin Beavan • 2009

90 gallons of trash in 4 days: a Manhattan family aims for zero, for a year.

3.78

5k+

🏙️ Urban Sustainability 🧪 Lifestyle Experiments 🗑️ Waste Reduction 🥕 Local Food 🧘 Voluntary Simplicity

No Impact Man 92%

90 gallons of trash in 4 days: a Manhattan family aims for zero, for a year.

by Colin Beavan 2009

3.78

5k+ ratings

🏙️ Urban Sustainability 🧪 Lifestyle Experiments 🗑️ Waste Reduction 🥕 Local Food 🧘 Voluntary Simplicity

Uses of Disorder

by Richard Sennett • 1970

The young craving for purity is architecting our cities into sterile, segregated cages.

3.88

258

🏙️ Urban Sociology 🧩 Identity Formation 🚧 Social Segregation 🏛️ Bureaucratic Power 💰 Affluent Isolation

Uses of Disorder 92%

The young craving for purity is architecting our cities into sterile, segregated cages.

by Richard Sennett 1970

3.88

258 ratings

🏙️ Urban Sociology 🧩 Identity Formation 🚧 Social Segregation 🏛️ Bureaucratic Power 💰 Affluent Isolation

Citizens

by Jon Alexander • 2022

Society runs on two stories: we are subjects or consumers. A third story changes everything.

4.04

317

🗳️ Participatory Democracy 🤝 Civic Engagement 👥 Collective Action 🏘️ Community Organizing 📖 Narrative Change

Citizens 92%

Society runs on two stories: we are subjects or consumers. A third story changes everything.

by Jon Alexander 2022

4.04

317 ratings

🗳️ Participatory Democracy 🤝 Civic Engagement 👥 Collective Action 🏘️ Community Organizing 📖 Narrative Change

Cities

by Monica L. Smith • 2019

Cities were never about efficiency. They were about all the things you cannot get alone.

3.26

446

🏙️ Urban History 🏛️ Ancient Cities 🏺 Material Culture 🌆 Urban Anthropology 🚶 Everyday Urbanism

Cities 92%

Cities were never about efficiency. They were about all the things you cannot get alone.

by Monica L. Smith 2019

3.26

446 ratings

🏙️ Urban History 🏛️ Ancient Cities 🏺 Material Culture 🌆 Urban Anthropology 🚶 Everyday Urbanism

Recoding America

by Jennifer Pahlka • 2023

Government's tech catastrophes share one cause: it treats code as a purchase, never a practice.

4.37

3k+

🖥️ Gov Tech 🔄 Digital Transformation 🔁 Agile Government 🎨 User-Centered Design 📦 Product Management

Recoding America 92%

Government's tech catastrophes share one cause: it treats code as a purchase, never a practice.

by Jennifer Pahlka 2023

4.37

3k+ ratings

🖥️ Gov Tech 🔄 Digital Transformation 🔁 Agile Government 🎨 User-Centered Design 📦 Product Management

Lean Impact

by Ann Mei Chang • 2018

Lean startup methods can multiply social impact, once we reward experiments over activity.

4.02

370

🚀 Social Entrepreneurship 🔄 Lean Startup 🏛️ Nonprofit Management 🧪 Rapid Experimentation 📊 Innovation Metrics

Lean Impact 92%

Lean startup methods can multiply social impact, once we reward experiments over activity.

by Ann Mei Chang 2018

4.02

370 ratings

🚀 Social Entrepreneurship 🔄 Lean Startup 🏛️ Nonprofit Management 🧪 Rapid Experimentation 📊 Innovation Metrics

What's Mine Is Yours

by Rachel Botsman • 2010

Ownership is burden; access is power. How peer networks and digital trust are remaking the economy.

3.96

1k+

🔄 Sharing Economy 🌐 Peer-To-Peer Platforms ♻️ Sustainable Consumption ⭐ Reputation Economy 🎨 Design Thinking

What's Mine Is Yours 91%

Ownership is burden; access is power. How peer networks and digital trust are remaking the economy.

by Rachel Botsman 2010

3.96

1k+ ratings

🔄 Sharing Economy 🌐 Peer-To-Peer Platforms ♻️ Sustainable Consumption ⭐ Reputation Economy 🎨 Design Thinking

Handbook for a Positive Revolution

by Edward de Bono • 1991

A revolution without enemies: five principles that turn personal effectiveness into global change.

3.23

115

🏛️ Social Change 🎯 Personal Effectiveness 👁️ Perception And Reality 🛠️ Constructive Action 💡 Creative Thinking

Handbook for a Positive Revolution Summary

Handbook for a Positive Revolution 91%

A revolution without enemies: five principles that turn personal effectiveness into global change.

by Edward de Bono 1991

3.23

115 ratings

🏛️ Social Change 🎯 Personal Effectiveness 👁️ Perception And Reality 🛠️ Constructive Action 💡 Creative Thinking

Resilience

by Andrew Zolli • 2012

Why coral reefs recover and banks collapse: the hidden architecture of resilience.

3.62

777

🧩 Systems Thinking 🔄 Resilience Science 🧠 Cognitive Diversity 🧭 Adaptive Leadership 🤝 Community Engagement

Resilience 91%

Why coral reefs recover and banks collapse: the hidden architecture of resilience.

by Andrew Zolli 2012

3.62

777 ratings

🧩 Systems Thinking 🔄 Resilience Science 🧠 Cognitive Diversity 🧭 Adaptive Leadership 🤝 Community Engagement

Ruined by Design

by Mike Monteiro • 2019

Every harmful app was a designer's decision. The principles for refusing to build the next one.

4.11

2k+

🧭 Design Ethics 🌐 Tech Criticism 🌈 Diversity In Tech ✊ Collective Action ⚖️ Platform Accountability

Ruined by Design 91%

Every harmful app was a designer's decision. The principles for refusing to build the next one.

by Mike Monteiro 2019

4.11

2k+ ratings

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The Green New Deal

by Jeremy Rifkin • 2019

The fossil-fuel economy is a bubble. Green tech will pop it by 2028.

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💚 Green New Deal ⚡ Energy Transition 💰 Green Economics 🛢️ Fossil Fuel Divestment 🏙️ Smart Cities

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The fossil-fuel economy is a bubble. Green tech will pop it by 2028.

by Jeremy Rifkin 2019

3.68

812 ratings

💚 Green New Deal ⚡ Energy Transition 💰 Green Economics 🛢️ Fossil Fuel Divestment 🏙️ Smart Cities

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