Books about making sustainable cities
Urbanism in the XXI century Public
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Inclusive Transportation by Veronica O. Davis
Transportation planners, engineers, and policymakers in the US face the monumental task of righting the wrongs of their predecessors while …
joachim@lire.boitam.eu says: As heard in The War on Cars
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4 stars
Road to Nowhere exposes the problems with Silicon Valley’s visions of the future and argues that we cannot allow ourselves …
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4 stars
Our dependence on cars is damaging our health — and the planet’s. Movement asks radical questions about how we approach …
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Emergent Tokyo by Jorge Almazán, Studiolab
5 stars
This book examines the urban fabric of contemporary Tokyo as a valuable demonstration of permeable, inclusive, and adaptive urban patterns …
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3 stars
A panoramic revisionist portrait of the nineteenth-century invention that is transforming the twenty-first-century world
“The real feat of this book …
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Arbitrary Lines by M. Nolan Gray
4 stars
What if scrapping one flawed policy could bring US cities closer to addressing debilitating housing shortages, stunted growth and innovation, …
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Radical Suburbs by Amanda Kolson Hurley
5 stars
“Radical Suburbs is a revelation. Amanda Kolson Hurley will open your eyes to the wide diversity and rich history of …
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Building the Cycling City by Melissa Bruntlett, Chris Bruntlett
4 stars
"In car-clogged urban areas across the world, the humble bicycle is enjoying a second life as a legitimate form of …
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Curbing Traffic by Melissa Bruntlett, Chris Bruntlett
4 stars
In 2019, mobility experts Melissa and Chris Bruntlett began a new adventure in Delft in the Netherlands. They had packed …
