Recommended Reading

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Recommended Reading

The following readings are recommended by Bob. Books are available from New Urban News, Amazon, or your local bookstore.

Article from a long ago issue of Architecture Magazine: Andres Duany's Response to Alan Krieger about the merits of New Urbanism.

Principles for Urban Retail Planning & Development, Robert J Gibbs, ASLA. Wiley & Sons.

Shopping Centers Today (SCT) is the leading industry publication from the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC).

Urban Land Magazine is one of many publications from the Urban Land Institute (ULI), an international think tank focused on land use and real estate development issues.

Why We Buy: The Science of Shopping and Call of the Mall: The Geography of Shopping by Paco Underhill

The Death and Life of Great American Cities, The Economy of Cities, and the many other books by Jane Jacobs.

Sustainable Urbanism: Urban Design with Nature by Doug Farr (with contributions by Bob Gibbs)

Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream by Andres Duany, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk and Jeff Speck.

The Architecture of Community, and the many other works by Leon Krier.

A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction and The Timeless Way of Building are two of many wonderful books by Christopher Alexander.

Cities of Tomorrow: An Intellectual History of Urban Planning and Design in the Twentieth Century by Peter Hall is a superbly detailed account of the philosophical underpinnings of Western planning and urban design.

Great Streets and The Boulevard Book: History, Evolution, Design of Multiway Boulevards by Allan B. Jacobs.

20th-Century Sprawl: Highways and the Reshaping of the American Landscape by Owen D. Gutfreund. A good account of the transportation policy of the last century and its lasting effects.