Ultimate Strong Towns Reading List Public
Created by CuriousCurrawong
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The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
4 stars
Examines the role of the unexpected, discussing why improbable events are not anticipated or understood properly, and how humans rationalize …
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5 stars
WINNER OF THE 2017 PULITZER PRIZE GENERAL NON-FICTION
From Harvard sociologist and MacArthur “Genius” Matthew Desmond, a landmark work of …
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The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein
4 stars
Widely heralded as a "masterful" (Washington Post) and "essential" (Slate) history of the modern American metropolis, Richard Rothstein's The Color …
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Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed (titled Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Survive for the British …
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A Paradise Built in Hell by Rebecca Solnit
4 stars
The most startling thing about disasters, according to award-winning author Rebecca Solnit, is not merely that so many people rise …
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This is where you belong by Melody Warnick
3 stars
"How we come to feel at home in our towns and cities is what Warnick sets out to discover in …
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A Pattern Language by Christopher Alexander (Center for Environmental Structure)
4 stars
Alexander and his co-authors present us with over two hundred (roughly 250) "patterns" that they believe must be present in …
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Tactical urbanism by Mike Lydon
"Tactical urbanism, written by Mike Lydon and Anthony Garcia, two founders of the movement, promises to be the foundational guide …
