Cities
Streets and sidewalks pulse with possibility in these explorations of how urban spaces shape our lives and communities. Through innovative design, policy, and planning, these books reimagine our cities as engines of sustainability, connection, and human flourishing.
Cities Book Summaries
Walkable City
How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time
Urban Planning
Urbanism
Architecture
Walkable City
How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time
Urban Planning
Urbanism
Architecture
Happy City
Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design
Urban Planning
Urbanism
Architecture
Happy City
Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design
Urban Planning
Urbanism
Architecture
Rebel Cities
From the Right to the City to the Urban Revolution
Politics
Urbanism
Urban Studies
Rebel Cities
From the Right to the City to the Urban Revolution
Politics
Urbanism
Urban Studies
The Death and Life of Great American Cities
Architecture
Urban Planning
History
The Death and Life of Great American Cities
Architecture
Urban Planning
History
Triumph of the City
How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier and Happier
Economics
Urbanism
Urban Planning
Triumph of the City
How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier and Happier
Economics
Urbanism
Urban Planning
The Rise of the Creative Class
And How It's Transforming Work, Leisure, Community and Everyday Life
Economics
Sociology
Business
The Rise of the Creative Class
And How It's Transforming Work, Leisure, Community and Everyday Life
Economics
Sociology
Business
Smart Cities
Big Data, Civic Hackers, and the Quest for a New Utopia
Urban Planning
Technology
Urbanism
Smart Cities
Big Data, Civic Hackers, and the Quest for a New Utopia
Urban Planning
Technology
Urbanism
The Economy of Cities
Economics
Urban Planning
Urbanism
The Economy of Cities
Economics
Urban Planning
Urbanism
Against the smart city
Cities
Urban Studies
Design
Against the smart city
Cities
Urban Studies
Design
The Smart Enough City
Putting Technology in Its Place to Reclaim Our Urban Future
Urban Planning
Cities
Technology
The Smart Enough City
Putting Technology in Its Place to Reclaim Our Urban Future
Urban Planning
Cities
Technology
The New Urban Crisis
How Our Cities Are Increasing Inequality, Deepening Segregation, and Failing the Middle Class—and What We Can Do About It
Urban Planning
Urbanism
Politics
The New Urban Crisis
How Our Cities Are Increasing Inequality, Deepening Segregation, and Failing the Middle Class—and What We Can Do About It
Urban Planning
Urbanism
Politics
Extrastatecraft
The Power of Infrastructure Space
Architecture
Politics
Theory
Extrastatecraft
The Power of Infrastructure Space
Architecture
Politics
Theory
Escaping the Housing Trap
The Strong Towns Response to the Housing Crisis
Urbanism
Urban Planning
Economics
Escaping the Housing Trap
The Strong Towns Response to the Housing Crisis
Urbanism
Urban Planning
Economics
Tactical Urbanism
Short-term Action for Long-term Change
Urban Planning
Urbanism
Cities
Tactical Urbanism
Short-term Action for Long-term Change
Urban Planning
Urbanism
Cities
Flesh and Stone
The Body and the City in Western Civilization
History
Architecture
Sociology
Flesh and Stone
The Body and the City in Western Civilization
History
Architecture
Sociology
Capital City
Gentrification and the Real Estate State
Politics
Urban Planning
Economics
Capital City
Gentrification and the Real Estate State
Politics
Urban Planning
Economics
Road to Nowhere
What Silicon Valley Gets Wrong about the Future of Transportation
Technology
Politics
Urban Planning
Road to Nowhere
What Silicon Valley Gets Wrong about the Future of Transportation
Technology
Politics
Urban Planning
Radical Cities
Across Latin America in Search of a New Architecture
Architecture
Urbanism
Urban Planning
Radical Cities
Across Latin America in Search of a New Architecture
Architecture
Urbanism
Urban Planning
The Edifice Complex
How the Rich and Powerful--and Their Architects--Shape the World
Architecture
Politics
History
The Edifice Complex
How the Rich and Powerful--and Their Architects--Shape the World
Architecture
Politics
History
Cities
The First 6,000 Years
History
Archaeology
Cities
Cities
The First 6,000 Years
History
Archaeology
Cities
Streetfight
Handbook for an Urban Revolution
Urban Planning
Urbanism
Cities
Streetfight
Handbook for an Urban Revolution
Urban Planning
Urbanism
Cities
Vienna
How the City of Ideas Created the Modern World
History
European History
Travel
Vienna
How the City of Ideas Created the Modern World
History
European History
Travel
Venice
Travel
Italy
History
Venice
Travel
Italy
History
Curbing Traffic
The Human Case for Fewer Cars in Our Lives
Urbanism
Urban Planning
Urban
Curbing Traffic
The Human Case for Fewer Cars in Our Lives
Urbanism
Urban Planning
Urban
Down and Delirious in Mexico City
The Aztec Metropolis in the Twenty-First Century
Travel
History
Memoir
Down and Delirious in Mexico City
The Aztec Metropolis in the Twenty-First Century
Travel
History
Memoir
Inside the Apple
A Streetwise History of New York City
History
New York
Travel
Inside the Apple
A Streetwise History of New York City
History
New York
Travel
Who's Your City?
How the Creative Economy Is Making Where to Live the Most Important Decision of Your Life
Economics
Sociology
Urbanism
Who's Your City?
How the Creative Economy Is Making Where to Live the Most Important Decision of Your Life
Economics
Sociology
Urbanism
Zoned in the USA
The Origins and Implications of American Land-Use Regulation
Urban Planning
Urbanism
History
Zoned in the USA
The Origins and Implications of American Land-Use Regulation
Urban Planning
Urbanism
History
The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces
Urban Planning
Architecture
Urbanism
The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces
Urban Planning
Architecture
Urbanism
Vital Little Plans
The Short Works of Jane Jacobs
Urban Planning
Urbanism
Cities
Vital Little Plans
The Short Works of Jane Jacobs
Urban Planning
Urbanism
Cities
The Option of Urbanism
Investing in a New American Dream
Urban Planning
Urbanism
Cities
The Option of Urbanism
Investing in a New American Dream
Urban Planning
Urbanism
Cities
The Death of Aztec Tenochtitlan, the Life of Mexico City
History
Architecture
Anthropology
The Death of Aztec Tenochtitlan, the Life of Mexico City
History
Architecture
Anthropology
The Just City
Urban Planning
Urbanism
Cities
The Just City
Urban Planning
Urbanism
Cities
Nature's Metropolis
Chicago and the Great West
History
American History
Cities
Nature's Metropolis
Chicago and the Great West
History
American History
Cities
All That Is Solid
The Great Housing Disaster
Politics
Geography
Cities
All That Is Solid
The Great Housing Disaster
Politics
Geography
Cities
The Great Inversion and the Future of the American City
Urban Planning
Cities
History
The Great Inversion and the Future of the American City
Urban Planning
Cities
History
Urban Acupuncture
Architecture
Urban Planning
Urbanism
Urban Acupuncture
Architecture
Urban Planning
Urbanism
City of Echoes
A New History of Rome, Its Popes, and Its People
History
Religion
Italy
City of Echoes
A New History of Rome, Its Popes, and Its People
History
Religion
Italy
Building and Dwelling
Ethics for the City
Architecture
Urbanism
Urban Planning
Building and Dwelling
Ethics for the City
Architecture
Urbanism
Urban Planning
How Architecture Works
A Humanist's Toolkit
Architecture
Art
Design
How Architecture Works
A Humanist's Toolkit
Architecture
Art
Design
