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message 1: by Soyinka (new)

Soyinka Oluwole This is a good avenue to read. Just still out of reach for developing country like Nigeria due to expensive nature of internet connectivity. But above all this is good and thank you Goodread organisation or founders


message 2: by Gao (new)

Gao Soyinka wrote: "This is a good avenue to read. Just still out of reach for developing country like Nigeria due to expensive nature of internet connectivity. But above all this is good and thank you Goodread organi..."
Your country has its own different situation. Those books would be a good reference for developing countries, but certainly not a model.


message 3: by Cami (new)

Cami There are no contemporary women writing about Urban Planning and cities? Aside from Jane Jacobs and one or two women on the list, it's on average just WHITE MEN.
Please, revise this list. While at it read this article: https://nextcity.org/features/view/ur...


message 4: by Luis (new)

Luis The funny part is I started the list based on the planning page website. Everything else has been added by others.


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