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Urbanism is the study of how inhabitants of urban areas, such as towns and cities, interact with the built environment.

Most Read This Week Tagged "Urbanism"

Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile
The Land Trap: A New History of the World's Oldest Asset
Born in Flames: The Business of Arson and the Remaking of the American City
Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet
Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World
Why Nothing Works: Who Killed Progress―and How to Bring It Back
Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age
Everything Now: Lessons from the City-State of Los Angeles
Zapaść. Reportaże z mniejszych miast
Paradise Bronx: The Life and Times of New York's Greatest Borough
A Natural History of Empty Lots: Field Notes from Urban Edgelands, Back Alleys, and Other Wild Places
Homelessness Is a Housing Problem: How Structural Factors Explain U.S. Patterns
Shade: The Promise of a Forgotten Natural Resource
Dividing Lines: How Transportation Infrastructure Reinforces Racial Inequality
Rooted: The American Legacy of Land Theft and the Modern Movement for Black Land Ownership
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Urbanism Books

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
Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier and Happier
Streetfight: Handbook for an Urban Revolution
Cities for People
The Image of the City
The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
The Geography of Nowhere: The Rise and Decline of America's Man-Made Landscape
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream
The High Cost of Free Parking
Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Rebuild American Prosperity
Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World
A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction (Center for Environmental Structure Series)
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Lists

Buses Are a Comin' by Charles PersonThe Color of Law by Richard RothsteinWithout Sanctuary by James AllenSegregating Sound by Karl Hagstrom MillerMedical Apartheid by Harriet A. Washington
Segregation in the United States (nonfiction)
192 books — 27 voters
Dark Age Ahead by Jane JacobsThe Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane JacobsVital Little Plans by Jane Jacobs101 Things I Learned in Urban Design School by Matthew FrederickThe Economy of Cities by Jane Jacobs
Jane Jacobs
17 books — 4 voters

River Cities, City Rivers by Thaïsa WayShaping the Postwar Landscape by Charles A BirnbaumA Valley Grows Up by Edward OsmondFrom Rails to Trails by Peter HarnikLandscape Fieldwork by Gareth Doherty
Landscape Architecture and Design
29 books — 5 voters
Chaos by James GleickLa humanizacion del espacio urbano by Jan GehlThe Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane JacobsThe Image of the City by Kevin LynchCities for People by Jan Gehl
Books That Every Urbanist Should Read At Least Twice
13 books — 9 voters

The Just City by Susan S. FainsteinSocial Justice and the City by David HarveyRationality and Power by Bent FlyvbjergVoltaire's Bastards by John Ralston SaulCaliban and the Witch by Silvia Federici
The Urbanist's So You Think You're an Urbanist? List
12 books — 1 voter
Mayor of the Tenderloin by Alison OwingsRace for Profit by Keeanga-Yamahtta TaylorA World More Concrete by Nathan Daniel Beau ConnollyWhere We Want to Live by Ryan GravelSundown Towns by James W. Loewen
American Housing and Land Use-related (nonfiction)
71 books — 10 voters


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Quotes Tagged “Urbanism”

Ray Oldenburg
“ The course of urban development in America is pushing the individual toward that line seperating proud independence from pitiable isolation. ”
― Ray Oldenburg, The Great Good Place: Cafés, Coffee Shops, Bookstores, Bars, Hair Salons and Other Hangouts at the Heart of a Community
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Umberto Eco
“ The advantage of a big city, move on a few meters and you find solitude again. ”
― Umberto Eco, Foucault’s Pendulum
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Videos Tagged “Urbanism”

Benjamin Barber: If Mayors Ruled the World
Benjamin Barber: If Mayors Ruled the World
Reprogramming the City Overview
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Groups Tagged "Urbanism"

Current and former Polco people talkiong about cities.
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For Hunter MUP/MUPSL students and alumni. Share recs (preferably with some urban spin) and discu…more
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A group for the exchange of books and ideas about cities.
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Readers interested in cross disciplinary discussion specific to urban design and transportation …more
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