Urbanism

Urbanism is the study of how inhabitants of urban areas, such as towns and cities, interact with the built environment.

Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile
Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World
Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet
Rooted: The American Legacy of Land Theft and the Modern Movement for Black Land Ownership
52 Ways to Walk: The Surprising Science of Walking for Wellness and Joy, One Week at a Time
Why Nothing Works: Who Killed Progress―and How to Bring It Back
Engineering in Plain Sight: An Illustrated Field Guide to the Constructed Environment
Stuck: How the Privileged and the Propertied Broke the Engine of American Opportunity
Zapaść. Reportaże z mniejszych miast
Confessions of a Recovering Engineer: Transportation for a Strong Town
Two Wheels Good: The History and Mystery of the Bicycle
Our Crumbling Foundation: How We Solve Canada's Housing Crisis
Arbitrary Lines: How Zoning Broke the American City and How to Fix It
Everything Now: Lessons from the City-State of Los Angeles
Shade: The Promise of a Forgotten Natural Resource
The Death and Life of Great American Cities
Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time
Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design
Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier and Happier
Cities for People
Streetfight: Handbook for an Urban Revolution
The Image of the City
The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
The Geography of Nowhere: The Rise and Decline of America's Man-Made Landscape
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream
The High Cost of Free Parking
Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Rebuild American Prosperity
A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction (Center for Environmental Structure Series)
The City in History: Its Origins, Its Transformations, and Its Prospects

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Jane Jacobs
No neighbourhood or district, no matter how well established, prestigious or well heeled and no matter how intensely populated for one purpose, can flout the necessity for spreading people through time of day without frustrating its potential for generating diversity.
Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities

На противагу думки його невідгонної доброзичливиці «люба серцю мала батьківщина» насправді прибрала не такого вигляду, наче вона стоїть на порозі кінця світу, а радше що вже пережила його.
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