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
Triumph of the City
How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier and Happier
Economics
Urbanism
Urban Planning
Walkable City
How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time
Urban Planning
Urbanism
Architecture
Radical Cities
Across Latin America in Search of a New Architecture
Architecture
Urbanism
Cities
Happy City
Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design
Urban Planning
Urbanism
Architecture
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
Politics
Urbanism
Smart Cities
Big Data, Civic Hackers, and the Quest for a New Utopia
Urban Planning
Technology
Urbanism
Who's Your City?
How the Creative Economy Is Making Where to Live the Most Important Decision of Your Life
Economics
Sociology
Urban Planning
Tactical Urbanism
Short-term Action for Long-term Change
Urban Planning
Urbanism
Cities
The Economy of Cities
Economics
Urbanism
Urban Planning
Vital Little Plans
The Short Works of Jane Jacobs
Urban Planning
Urbanism
Cities
Road to Nowhere
What Silicon Valley Gets Wrong about the Future of Transportation
Politics
Technology
Urban Planning
The Smart Enough City
Putting Technology in Its Place to Reclaim Our Urban Future
Urban Planning
Cities
Technology
Language City
The Fight to Preserve Endangered Mother Tongues in New York
Language
Linguistics
History
Escaping the Housing Trap
The Strong Towns Response to the Housing Crisis
Urbanism
Urban Planning
Economics
Against the smart city
Cities
Urban Studies
Design