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Urbanism
Urbanism is the study of how inhabitants of urban areas, such as towns and cities, interact with the built environment.
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There is a widespread belief that americans hate cities. I think it is probable that Americans hate city failure, but, from the evidence, we certainly do not hate successful and vital city areas. On the contrary, so many people want to make use of such places, so many people want to work in them or live in them or visit in them, that municipal self-destruction ensues. In killing successful diversity combinations with money, we are employing perhaps our nearest equivalent to killing with kindness
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― The Death and Life of Great American Cities
― The Death and Life of Great American Cities
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I have been dwelling upon downtowns. This is not because mixtures of primary uses are unneeded elsewhere in cities. On the contrary they are needed, and the success of mixtures downtown (on in the most intensive portions of cities, whatever they are called) is related to the mixture possible in other part of cities.
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― The Death and Life of Great American Cities
― The Death and Life of Great American Cities
A place to share and discuss urbanism books and authors from around the world.
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Current and former Polco people talkiong about cities.
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Books about urbanism (urban design, housing affordability, streets) with an Atlanta focus. Compi…more
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