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

Most Read This Week Tagged "Urbanism"

Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World
Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile
Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World
Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age
Why Nothing Works: Who Killed Progress―and How to Bring It Back
Born in Flames: The Business of Arson and the Remaking of the American City
The Land Trap: A New History of the World's Oldest Asset
Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet
How Infrastructure Works: Inside the Systems That Shape Our World
Everything Now: Lessons from the City-State of Los Angeles
Shade: The Promise of a Forgotten Natural Resource
Carmageddon: How Cars Make Life Worse and What to Do About It
Fitopolis, la città vivente
The Nature of Our Cities: Harnessing the Power of the Natural World to Survive a Changing Planet
A Paradise of Small Houses: The Evolution, Devolution, and Potential Rebirth of Urban Housing
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Urbanism Books

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
Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World
A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction (Center for Environmental Structure Series)
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Lists

Career's Quest by Shubham ShuklaStreetfight by Janette Sadik-Khan101 Things I Learned in Urban Design School by Matthew FrederickSubdivided by Jay Pitter101 Things I Learned® in Urban Design School by Matthew Frederick
Planning & Women Reads
29 books — 4 voters
A Tale of Love and Darkness by Amos OzUrshalim by Nir HassonAnno 2020 by James MorcanPalestinian Dissident by Sam ShomanThey Called Me a Lioness by Ahed Tamimi
Jerusalem
41 books — 18 voters

Broadway by Fran LeadonCity of Ambition by Mason B. WilliamsThe Intimate City by Michael KimmelmanWill Eisner's New York by Will EisnerThe Power Broker by Robert A. Caro
New York City - The Built Environment (nonfiction)
118 books — 12 voters
City Builders by Richard LittlemoreVancouverism by Larry BeasleyAntifragile by Nassim Nicholas TalebConfessions of a Recovering Engineer by Charles L. Marohn Jr.Escaping the Housing Trap by Charles L. Marohn Jr.
Strong Towns Vancouver Faves
12 books — 5 voters

River Cities, City Rivers by Thaïsa WayShaping the Postwar Landscape by Charles A BirnbaumA Valley Grows Up by Edward OsmondFrom Rails to Trails by Peter HarnikLandscape Fieldwork by Gareth Doherty
Landscape Architecture and Design
29 books — 5 voters
The Urban Mystique by Josh StephensCities for People by Jan GehlGroundswell by Peter ReedRadical Cities by Justin McGuirkThe Geography of Nowhere by James Howard Kunstler
Urban/Urban Landscape (nonfiction)
94 books — 15 voters


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Quotes Tagged “Urbanism”

Umberto Eco
“ The advantage of a big city, move on a few meters and you find solitude again. ”
― Umberto Eco, Foucault’s Pendulum
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“ Every neighborhood must be allowed to grow and change... The reality is that a place that is not changing is dying. ”
― Charles Marohn
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Videos Tagged “Urbanism”

Concrete and Mary Soderstrom
Concrete and Mary Soderstrom
Author Interview - ABC 612 Brisbane
Author Interview - ABC 612 Brisbane
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Groups Tagged "Urbanism"

ULA it's all about urbanism, landscape, and architecture.…more
5 members, last active 14 years ago
The Urbanist Bookclub A place to share and discuss urbanism books and authors from around the world. The group is ope…more
70 members, last active 9 years ago
ThreadATL Books Books about urbanism (urban design, housing affordability, streets) with an Atlanta focus. Compi…more
26 members, last active one year ago
Current and former Polco people talkiong about cities.
3 members, last active one year ago