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Urban Planning
Urban planning, also known as town planning, city planning, regional planning, or rural planning, is a technical and political process that is focused on the development and design of land use and the built environment, including air, water, and the infrastructure passing into and out of urban areas, such as transportation, communications, and distribution networks and their accessibility. Many professional practitioners of urban planning, especially practitioners with the title "urban planner" study urban planning education, while some paraprofessional practitioners are educated in urban stud
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Under the seeming disorder of the old city, wherever the old city is working successfully, is a marvelous order for maintaining the safety of the streets and the freedom of the city. It is a complex order. Its essence is intricacy of sidewalk use, bringing with it a constant succession of eyes. This order is all composed of movement and change, and although it is life, not art, we may fancifully call it the art form of the city and liken it to the dance — not to a simple-minded precision dance w
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― The Death and Life of Great American Cities
― The Death and Life of Great American Cities
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Sustainability is now a big baggy sack in which people throw all kinds of old ideas, hot air and dodgy activities in order to be able to greenwash their products and feel good.
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― Kevin McCloud's 43 Principles of Home: Enjoying Life in the 21st Century.
― Kevin McCloud's 43 Principles of Home: Enjoying Life in the 21st Century.
Books about urbanism (urban design, housing affordability, streets) with an Atlanta focus. Compi…more
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Books about transportation, cities and the built environment.
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Library of urban planning resources for Metro planners
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