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Urbanism Rezumate de cărți

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