Urbanization


Arrival City: The Final Migration and Our Next World
The Little House
The Battle for Gotham: New York in the Shadow of Robert Moses and Jane Jacobs
Metropolis: A History of the City, Humankind's Greatest Invention
Megacities: The Politics of Urban Exclusion and Violence in the Global South
Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design
Crabgrass Frontier: The Suburbanization of the United States
Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier and Happier
The Ghost Map
Shadow Cities: A Billion Squatters, a New Urban World
Urbanization And Regional Disparities In Post-revolutionary Iran
The City in Indian History: Urban Demography, Society, and Politics
Breaking Point: The New Big Shifts Putting Canada at Risk
A Strangeness in My Mind
Lone Star: A History Of Texas And The Texans
Isaac Asimov
The City was the acme of efficiency, but it made demands of its inhabitants. It asked them to live in a tight routine and order their lives under a strict and scientific control.
Isaac Asimov, The Caves of Steel

Alessandro Busà
And the space created by capital is a very seductive space indeed— provided you have the money.
Alessandro Busà, The Creative Destruction of New York City: Engineering the City for the Elite

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