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Byplanlægning Bogresuméer

Walkable City
af Jeff Speck • 2012
America's downtowns died for parking. The rules for bringing them back, starting at the curb.
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Walkable City Resumé
Walkable City
America's downtowns died for parking. The rules for bringing them back, starting at the curb.
af Jeff Speck 2012 312 sider
4.32
8.000+ bedømmelser
Happy City
af Charles Montgomery • 2012
Sprawl isolates and exhausts. The evidence for repairing cities around human connection and joy.
4.36
9.000+
Happy City Resumé
Happy City
Sprawl isolates and exhausts. The evidence for repairing cities around human connection and joy.
af Charles Montgomery 2012 400 sider
4.36
9.000+ bedømmelser
The Death and Life of Great American Cities
af Jane Jacobs • 1961
Slums with low crime and safe sidewalks: the invisible logic cities follow when planners look away.
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The Death and Life of Great American Cities Resumé
The Death and Life of Great American Cities
Slums with low crime and safe sidewalks: the invisible logic cities follow when planners look away.
af Jane Jacobs 1961 472 sider
4.29
20.000+ bedømmelser
How to Kill a City
af Peter Moskowitz • 2017
Four cities, one playbook: policy and profit, not hipsters, push out the poor and replace them.
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3.000+
How to Kill a City Resumé
How to Kill a City
Four cities, one playbook: policy and profit, not hipsters, push out the poor and replace them.
af Peter Moskowitz 2017 272 sider
4.07
3.000+ bedømmelser
Palaces for the People
af Eric Klinenberg • 2018
Stronger than seawalls: the shared spaces that hold communities together when everything breaks.
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Palaces for the People Resumé
Palaces for the People
Stronger than seawalls: the shared spaces that hold communities together when everything breaks.
af Eric Klinenberg 2018 288 sider
3.97
5.000+ bedømmelser
Ghetto
af Mitchell Duneier • 2015
The ghetto was built in Venice. It took 500 years for America to perfect it.
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Ghetto Resumé
Ghetto
The ghetto was built in Venice. It took 500 years for America to perfect it.
af Mitchell Duneier 2015 304 sider
3.75
500+ bedømmelser
Triumph of the City
af Edward L. Glaeser • 2011
Poverty flocks to cities because cities are the escape route. The economic case for density.
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Triumph of the City Resumé
Triumph of the City
Poverty flocks to cities because cities are the escape route. The economic case for density.
af Edward L. Glaeser 2011 352 sider
3.91
6.000+ bedømmelser
The Rise of the Creative Class
af Richard Florida • 2004
Jobs once followed factories. Now a class of creatives clusters in the most tolerant cities.
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The Rise of the Creative Class Resumé
The Rise of the Creative Class
Jobs once followed factories. Now a class of creatives clusters in the most tolerant cities.
af Richard Florida 2004 434 sider
3.68
3.000+ bedømmelser
Uses of Disorder
af Richard Sennett • 1970
The young craving for purity is architecting our cities into sterile, segregated cages.
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258
Uses of Disorder Resumé
Uses of Disorder
The young craving for purity is architecting our cities into sterile, segregated cages.
af Richard Sennett 1970 198 sider
3.88
258 bedømmelser
Smart Cities
af Anthony M. Townsend • 2013
Corporations are selling smart cities. A movement of civic hackers has a better blueprint.
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Smart Cities Resumé
Smart Cities
Corporations are selling smart cities. A movement of civic hackers has a better blueprint.
af Anthony M. Townsend 2013 400 sider
3.61
500+ bedømmelser
Homelessness Is a Housing Problem
af Gregg Colburn • 2022
Homelessness rates don't track mental illness or poverty. They track rent and vacancy rates.
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1.000+
Homelessness Is a Housing Problem Resumé
Homelessness Is a Housing Problem
Homelessness rates don't track mental illness or poverty. They track rent and vacancy rates.
af Gregg Colburn 2022 284 sider
4.21
1.000+ bedømmelser
The Economy of Cities
af Jane Jacobs • 1969
Cities didn't follow farms; farms followed cities. That reversal explains every economic boom.
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1.000+
The Economy of Cities Resumé
The Economy of Cities
Cities didn't follow farms; farms followed cities. That reversal explains every economic boom.
af Jane Jacobs 1969 288 sider
4.09
1.000+ bedømmelser
The Smart Enough City
af Ben Green • 2019
Smart cities dress up political problems as engineering ones. The fix is governance, not gadgets.
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208
The Smart Enough City Resumé
The Smart Enough City
Smart cities dress up political problems as engineering ones. The fix is governance, not gadgets.
af Ben Green 2019 223 sider
4.12
208 bedømmelser
The New Urban Crisis
af Richard Florida • 2017
Why urban revival is driving inequality and pushing out the middle class.
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The New Urban Crisis Resumé
The New Urban Crisis
Why urban revival is driving inequality and pushing out the middle class.
af Richard Florida 2017 336 sider
3.49
1.000+ bedømmelser
Against the smart city
af Adam Greenfield • 2013
Smart cities sell efficiency but deliver surveillance. The real operating system is people.
3.96
132
Against the smart city Resumé
Against the smart city
Smart cities sell efficiency but deliver surveillance. The real operating system is people.
af Adam Greenfield 2013 152 sider
3.96
132 bedømmelser
Escaping the Housing Trap
af Charles L. Marohn Jr. • 2024
Housing can't be both affordable shelter and a good investment. That conflict is the trap.
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Escaping the Housing Trap Resumé
Escaping the Housing Trap
Housing can't be both affordable shelter and a good investment. That conflict is the trap.
af Charles L. Marohn Jr. 2024 225 sider
4.37
500+ bedømmelser
Tactical Urbanism
af Mike Lydon • 2014
How to hack your city with paint, planters, and pop-up parks, and prove change is possible now.
3.99
315
Tactical Urbanism Resumé
Tactical Urbanism
How to hack your city with paint, planters, and pop-up parks, and prove change is possible now.
af Mike Lydon 2014 256 sider
3.99
315 bedømmelser
Traffic
af Tom Vanderbilt • 2008
Remove the signs, roads grow safer. The psychology of why drivers misjudge danger.
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Traffic Resumé
Traffic
Remove the signs, roads grow safer. The psychology of why drivers misjudge danger.
af Tom Vanderbilt 2008 418 sider
3.72
8.000+ bedømmelser
Engineering in Plain Sight
af Grady Hillhouse • 2022
An illustrated field guide to the engineering secrets embedded in every street, pole, and bridge.
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Engineering in Plain Sight Resumé
Engineering in Plain Sight
An illustrated field guide to the engineering secrets embedded in every street, pole, and bridge.
af Grady Hillhouse 2022 251 sider
4.20
500+ bedømmelser
The Great Reset
af Richard Florida • 2010
Crashes rebuild how we live. Two gave us factories and suburbs. The third is remaking cities.
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The Great Reset Resumé
The Great Reset
Crashes rebuild how we live. Two gave us factories and suburbs. The third is remaking cities.
af Richard Florida 2010 240 sider
3.59
500+ bedømmelser
Road to Nowhere
af Paris Marx • 2022
The tech-driven transportation future is a dead end. The real fix: fewer cars, better transit.
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Road to Nowhere Resumé
Road to Nowhere
The tech-driven transportation future is a dead end. The real fix: fewer cars, better transit.
af Paris Marx 2022 240 sider
4.16
500+ bedømmelser
Capital City
af Samuel Stein • 2019
Gentrification is not a market outcome. It is policy, written by the real estate industry.
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Capital City Resumé
Capital City
Gentrification is not a market outcome. It is policy, written by the real estate industry.
af Samuel Stein 2019 202 sider
3.92
1.000+ bedømmelser
Radical Cities
af Justin McGuirk • 2014
The slums and squatter towers of Latin America are the world's most daring urban experiments.
4.27
434
Radical Cities Resumé
Radical Cities
The slums and squatter towers of Latin America are the world's most daring urban experiments.
af Justin McGuirk 2014 304 sider
4.27
434 bedømmelser
Streetfight
af Janette Sadik-Khan • 2016
Paint, data, and political nerve: beating the car-first status quo.
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Streetfight Resumé
Streetfight
Paint, data, and political nerve: beating the car-first status quo.
af Janette Sadik-Khan 2016 368 sider
4.26
2.000+ bedømmelser
A Pattern Language
af Christopher W. Alexander • 1977
253 patterns for building, from city to doorknob, that let communities design places people love.
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A Pattern Language Resumé
A Pattern Language
253 patterns for building, from city to doorknob, that let communities design places people love.
af Christopher W. Alexander 1977 1171 sider
4.42
5.000+ bedømmelser
Municipal Dreams
af John Boughton • 2018
Britain built some of the world's best public housing, then spent 40 years dismantling it.
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Municipal Dreams Resumé
Municipal Dreams
Britain built some of the world's best public housing, then spent 40 years dismantling it.
af John Boughton 2018 336 sider
3.92
500+ bedømmelser
Curbing Traffic
af Melissa Bruntlett • 2021
Dutch cities prove removing cars heals loneliness, restores childhood, and makes everyone richer.
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Curbing Traffic Resumé
Curbing Traffic
Dutch cities prove removing cars heals loneliness, restores childhood, and makes everyone richer.
af Melissa Bruntlett 2021 240 sider
4.38
500+ bedømmelser
The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces
af William H. Whyte • 1980
A decade of time-lapse footage on New York plazas upended every assumption about what draws a crowd.
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The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces Resumé
The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces
A decade of time-lapse footage on New York plazas upended every assumption about what draws a crowd.
af William H. Whyte 1980 125 sider
4.33
500+ bedømmelser
How Infrastructure Works
af Deb Chachra • 2023
The hidden networks you rely on were built for a climate that no longer exists.
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How Infrastructure Works Resumé
How Infrastructure Works
The hidden networks you rely on were built for a climate that no longer exists.
af Deb Chachra 2023 320 sider
3.64
500+ bedømmelser
Who's Your City?
af Richard Florida • 2008
Forty regions hold two-thirds of the world's wealth. Your zip code now outweighs your resume.
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Who's Your City? Resumé
Who's Your City?
Forty regions hold two-thirds of the world's wealth. Your zip code now outweighs your resume.
af Richard Florida 2008 352 sider
3.46
1.000+ bedømmelser
Zoned in the USA
af Sonia A. Hirt • 2014
The detached home with its own yard is globally rare. American zoning manufactured it at scale.
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136
Zoned in the USA Resumé
Zoned in the USA
The detached home with its own yard is globally rare. American zoning manufactured it at scale.
af Sonia A. Hirt 2014 256 sider
4.01
136 bedømmelser
Vital Little Plans
af Jane Jacobs • 2016
Top-down planning kills cities. The sidewalk sees what the drafting table never will.
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Vital Little Plans Resumé
Vital Little Plans
Top-down planning kills cities. The sidewalk sees what the drafting table never will.
af Jane Jacobs 2016 544 sider
4.21
186 bedømmelser
The Option of Urbanism
af Christopher B. Leinberger • 2007
America's car suburbs were built by policy, not consumer choice. The market now wants the opposite.
3.89
185
The Option of Urbanism Resumé
The Option of Urbanism
America's car suburbs were built by policy, not consumer choice. The market now wants the opposite.
af Christopher B. Leinberger 2007 224 sider
3.89
185 bedømmelser
The Just City
af Susan S. Fainstein • 2010
Stop asking if a city is growing. Start asking who it's growing for.
3.75
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The Just City Resumé
The Just City
Stop asking if a city is growing. Start asking who it's growing for.
af Susan S. Fainstein 2010 224 sider
3.75
174 bedømmelser
Life After Cars
af Sarah Goodyear • 2025
The cost of car dependency is hidden in plain sight. What happens when we build for people instead?
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Life After Cars Resumé
Life After Cars
The cost of car dependency is hidden in plain sight. What happens when we build for people instead?
af Sarah Goodyear 2025 300 sider
4.26
1.000+ bedømmelser
Nature's Metropolis
af William Cronon • 1991
The grain and hogs flowing through Chicago didn't just feed the nation, they rewired the continent.
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Nature's Metropolis Resumé
Nature's Metropolis
The grain and hogs flowing through Chicago didn't just feed the nation, they rewired the continent.
af William Cronon 1991 592 sider
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3.000+ bedømmelser
The Great Inversion and the Future of the American City
af Alan Ehrenhalt • 2012
American metros are inverting: affluence returns downtown, immigrants settle the suburbs.
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The Great Inversion and the Future of the American City Resumé
The Great Inversion and the Future of the American City
American metros are inverting: affluence returns downtown, immigrants settle the suburbs.
af Alan Ehrenhalt 2012 288 sider
3.77
500+ bedømmelser
Places of the Heart
af Colin Ellard • 2010
How every space you enter, room, street, or screen, quietly rewires your brain.
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Places of the Heart Resumé
Places of the Heart
How every space you enter, room, street, or screen, quietly rewires your brain.
af Colin Ellard 2010 256 sider
3.58
500+ bedømmelser
Urban Acupuncture
af Jaime Lerner • 2003
Fast, precise interventions where a city hurts trigger chain reactions no master plan ever could.
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Urban Acupuncture Resumé
Urban Acupuncture
Fast, precise interventions where a city hurts trigger chain reactions no master plan ever could.
af Jaime Lerner 2003 160 sider
3.66
490 bedømmelser
Building and Dwelling
af Richard Sennett • 2018
A city is two things: physical form and lived experience. Ethical design puts the second first.
4.02
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Building and Dwelling Resumé
Building and Dwelling
A city is two things: physical form and lived experience. Ethical design puts the second first.
af Richard Sennett 2018 368 sider
4.02
500+ bedømmelser
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