Planning


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
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
The Image of the City
The Geography of Nowhere: The Rise and Decline of America's Man-Made Landscape
Cities for People
A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction (Center for Environmental Structure Series)
The High Cost of Free Parking
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
Streetfight: Handbook for an Urban Revolution
Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream
Cities of Tomorrow: An Intellectual History of Urban Planning and Design in the Twentieth Century
Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier and Happier
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty  SmithAt Home by Bill  BrysonThe Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs101 Things I Learned in Urban Design School by Matthew FrederickThe Ghost Map by Steven Johnson
Books About Cities
29 books — 7 voters

Lead with Intelligence by Carmen SkipworthBe a Warrior in Business by Nipendra SinghLead with Intelligence by Carmen Skipworth
Best Books on Strategic Leadership
3 books — 2 voters
Organizing Special Events and Conferences by Darcy Campion DevneyCrisis or Conference by Tony CareyDesigning Successful Professional Meetings and Conferences in... by Susan E. MundryA conference and workshop planner's manual by Lois B. Hart
Conference Planning
4 books — 1 voter

Secure Your Success! by Twanita DozierPlanning and Organizing Local Events by Dean Amory
Organizing Events
2 books — 2 voters
Adapt and Plan for the New Abnormal of the COVID-19 Coronavir... by Gleb TsipurskyPro Truth by Gleb TsipurskyThe Blindspots Between Us by Gleb TsipurskyNever Go with Your Gut by Gleb TsipurskyThe Gray Rhino by Michele Wucker
Planning + Insights
29 books — 22 voters

Shannon L. Alder
“ The true definition of mental illness is when the majority of your time is spent in the past or future, but rarely living in the realism of NOW. ”
― Shannon L. Alder

Leslie  Garland
“ Is it dangerous to plan too much? Yes, we all need to plan, to have a plan, but life goes on regardless of our plans and we know only too well what happens to so many of the best laid plans of mice and men! ”
― Leslie W.P. Garland, The Golden Tup

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