Urban Geography Books

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The Death and Life of Great American Cities The Death and Life of Great American Cities (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as urban-geography)
avg rating 4.29 — 19,971 ratings — published 1961
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Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as urban-geography)
avg rating 4.36 — 9,411 ratings — published 2012
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Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier and Happier Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier and Happier (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as urban-geography)
avg rating 3.92 — 6,402 ratings — published 2011
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City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as urban-geography)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,873 ratings — published 1990
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Cities for People Cities for People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as urban-geography)
avg rating 4.35 — 2,423 ratings — published 2010
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The City in History: Its Origins, Its Transformations, and Its Prospects The City in History: Its Origins, Its Transformations, and Its Prospects (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as urban-geography)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,476 ratings — published 1961
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Planet of Slums Planet of Slums (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as urban-geography)
avg rating 4.00 — 3,369 ratings — published 2006
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Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as urban-geography)
avg rating 4.47 — 114,188 ratings — published 2016
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The Production of Space The Production of Space (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as urban-geography)
avg rating 4.17 — 2,241 ratings — published 1974
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The Geography of Nowhere: The Rise and Decline of America's Man-Made Landscape The Geography of Nowhere: The Rise and Decline of America's Man-Made Landscape (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as urban-geography)
avg rating 4.05 — 4,583 ratings — published 1993
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The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as urban-geography)
avg rating 4.53 — 29,219 ratings — published 1974
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Design With Nature Design With Nature (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as urban-geography)
avg rating 4.26 — 648 ratings — published 1969
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The High Cost of Free Parking The High Cost of Free Parking (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as urban-geography)
avg rating 4.19 — 1,074 ratings — published 2004
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The Economy of Cities The Economy of Cities (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as urban-geography)
avg rating 4.09 — 1,284 ratings — published 1969
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Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as urban-geography)
avg rating 4.12 — 2,658 ratings — published 2000
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The Image of the City The Image of the City (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as urban-geography)
avg rating 4.05 — 4,205 ratings — published 1960
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Spaces of Global Capitalism: A Theory of Uneven Geographical Development Spaces of Global Capitalism: A Theory of Uneven Geographical Development (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as urban-geography)
avg rating 3.90 — 532 ratings — published 2001
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Rebel Cities: From the Right to the City to the Urban Revolution Rebel Cities: From the Right to the City to the Urban Revolution (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as urban-geography)
avg rating 3.92 — 2,100 ratings — published 2012
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Uneven Development: Nature, Capital and the Production of Space (Ideas) Uneven Development: Nature, Capital and the Production of Space (Ideas)
by (shelved 2 times as urban-geography)
avg rating 3.95 — 219 ratings — published 1984
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Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as urban-geography)
avg rating 3.92 — 2,569 ratings — published 2023
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The Practice of Everyday Life The Practice of Everyday Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as urban-geography)
avg rating 4.10 — 4,023 ratings — published 1980
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Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as urban-geography)
avg rating 3.78 — 7,360 ratings — published 2021
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Life Between Buildings: Using Public Space Life Between Buildings: Using Public Space (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as urban-geography)
avg rating 4.35 — 1,400 ratings — published 1971
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Order without Design: How Markets Shape Cities Order without Design: How Markets Shape Cities (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as urban-geography)
avg rating 4.39 — 574 ratings — published 2018
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The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as urban-geography)
avg rating 4.44 — 46,116 ratings — published 2017
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Zoning Rules!: The Economics of Land Use Regulation Zoning Rules!: The Economics of Land Use Regulation (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as urban-geography)
avg rating 4.10 — 62 ratings — published 2015
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Urban Planning for Dummies Urban Planning for Dummies (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as urban-geography)
avg rating 3.62 — 105 ratings — published 2012
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The Divided City: Poverty and Prosperity in Urban America The Divided City: Poverty and Prosperity in Urban America (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as urban-geography)
avg rating 4.28 — 188 ratings — published
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The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as urban-geography)
avg rating 3.89 — 56,378 ratings — published 2006
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London: The Biography London: The Biography (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as urban-geography)
avg rating 3.96 — 5,999 ratings — published 2000
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City: Urbanism and Its End City: Urbanism and Its End (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as urban-geography)
avg rating 4.06 — 150 ratings — published 2003
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A History of Future Cities A History of Future Cities (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as urban-geography)
avg rating 4.04 — 844 ratings — published 2013
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Cities of Tomorrow: An Intellectual History of Urban Planning and Design in the Twentieth Century Cities of Tomorrow: An Intellectual History of Urban Planning and Design in the Twentieth Century (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as urban-geography)
avg rating 3.84 — 716 ratings — published 1988
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A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction (Center for Environmental Structure Series) A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction (Center for Environmental Structure Series)
by (shelved 2 times as urban-geography)
avg rating 4.42 — 5,450 ratings — published 1977
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Non-Places: Introduction to an Anthropology of Supermodernity Non-Places: Introduction to an Anthropology of Supermodernity (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as urban-geography)
avg rating 3.66 — 2,847 ratings — published 1992
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Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as urban-geography)
avg rating 4.32 — 8,699 ratings — published 2012
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Ecology of Fear: Los Angeles and the Imagination of Disaster Ecology of Fear: Los Angeles and the Imagination of Disaster (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as urban-geography)
avg rating 4.06 — 1,485 ratings — published 1992
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Postmodern Geographies: The Reassertion of Space in Critical Social Theory Postmodern Geographies: The Reassertion of Space in Critical Social Theory (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as urban-geography)
avg rating 3.86 — 369 ratings — published 1989
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The Rise of the Creative Class: And How It's Transforming Work, Leisure, Community and Everyday Life The Rise of the Creative Class: And How It's Transforming Work, Leisure, Community and Everyday Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as urban-geography)
avg rating 3.68 — 3,352 ratings — published 2002
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Edge City: Life on the New Frontier (Anchor Books) Edge City: Life on the New Frontier (Anchor Books)
by (shelved 2 times as urban-geography)
avg rating 3.82 — 547 ratings — published 1991
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The New Urban Frontier: Gentrification and the Revanchist City The New Urban Frontier: Gentrification and the Revanchist City (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as urban-geography)
avg rating 4.26 — 158 ratings — published 1996
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The Condition of Postmodernity: An Enquiry into the Origins of Cultural Change The Condition of Postmodernity: An Enquiry into the Origins of Cultural Change (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as urban-geography)
avg rating 4.17 — 2,337 ratings — published 1989
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Arrival City: The Final Migration and Our Next World Arrival City: The Final Migration and Our Next World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as urban-geography)
avg rating 4.09 — 774 ratings — published 2010
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Variations on a Theme Park: The New American City and the End of Public Space Variations on a Theme Park: The New American City and the End of Public Space (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as urban-geography)
avg rating 4.04 — 206 ratings — published 1992
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Invisible Cities Invisible Cities (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as urban-geography)
avg rating 4.10 — 97,571 ratings — published 1972
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Temporal Politics and Banal Culture: Before the Future (Classical and Contemporary Social Theory) Temporal Politics and Banal Culture: Before the Future (Classical and Contemporary Social Theory)
by (shelved 1 time as urban-geography)
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published
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The Gods of New York: Egotists, Idealists, Opportunists, and the Birth of the Modern City, 1986-1990 The Gods of New York: Egotists, Idealists, Opportunists, and the Birth of the Modern City, 1986-1990 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as urban-geography)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,277 ratings — published
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The Changs Next Door to the Díazes: Remapping Race in Suburban California The Changs Next Door to the Díazes: Remapping Race in Suburban California (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as urban-geography)
avg rating 4.08 — 60 ratings — published 2013
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The First Suburban Chinatown: The Remaking of Monterey Park, California (Asian American History & Cultu) The First Suburban Chinatown: The Remaking of Monterey Park, California (Asian American History & Cultu)
by (shelved 1 time as urban-geography)
avg rating 3.81 — 16 ratings — published 1994
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Public Spaces, Public Life Public Spaces, Public Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as urban-geography)
avg rating 4.44 — 64 ratings — published 2004
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Anna Quindlen
“London opens to you like a novel itself. [...] It is divided into chapters, the chapters into scenes, the scenes into sentences; it opens to you like a series of rooms, door, passsage, door. Mayfair to Piccadilly to Soho to the Strand.”
Anna Quindlen, Imagined London: A Tour of the World's Greatest Fictional City

Anna Quindlen
“The essential London scenes is a row of low identical houses set around a square.”
Anna Quindlen, Imagined London: A Tour of the World's Greatest Fictional City

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