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Urban Planning
Urban planning, also known as town planning, city planning, regional planning, or rural planning, is a technical and political process that is focused on the development and design of land use and the built environment, including air, water, and the infrastructure passing into and out of urban areas, such as transportation, communications, and distribution networks and their accessibility. Many professional practitioners of urban planning, especially practitioners with the title "urban planner" study urban planning education, while some paraprofessional practitioners are educated in urban stud
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...frequent streets and short blocks are valuable because of the fabric of intricate cross-use that they permit among the users of a city neighbouhood.
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― The Death and Life of Great American Cities
― The Death and Life of Great American Cities
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Detroit is largely composed, today, of seemingly endless square miles of low-density failure.
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― The Death and Life of Great American Cities
― The Death and Life of Great American Cities
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Books about urbanism (urban design, housing affordability, streets) with an Atlanta focus. Compi…more
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Books about transportation, cities and the built environment.
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