Island Press, 2020. SPUR Event Shipping free 7/23 - 7/31 !! From the Publisher:Today, there is a tremendous mismatch between the available housing stock in the US and the housing options that people want and need. The post-WWII, auto-centric, single-family-development model no longer meets the needs of residents. Urban areas..... More
Island Press, 2019. Paperback. Foreword by Jan Gehl. Imagine waking up to the gentle noises of the city, and moving through your day with complete confidence that you will get where you need to go quickly and efficiently. Soft City is about ease and comfort, where density has a human dimension, adapting..... More
Solano Press, 10/15/2018. From the Publishers: Since it was first published in 1991, Guide to California Planning has served as the authoritative textbook on city and county planning practice throughout the state. The first book ever written that covers all aspects of planning in a single state, Guide to California..... More
Penguin USA, 11/05/13. From the publisher:Cartography enthusiasts rejoice: the bestselling author of the "Just My Type "reveals the fascinating relationship between man and map. Simon Garfield's "Just My Type" illuminated the world of fonts and made everyone take a stand on Comic Sans and care about kerning. Now Garfield takes..... More
Harvest, 05/01/1978. Marco Polo tells tales of cities that he has seen to the emperor Kublai Khan. Calvino's now classic seventh novel is perhaps his most beautiful work. Marco Polo tells tales of cities that he has seen to the emperor Kublai Khan to distract him from the woes of..... More
Vintage Books, 11/92. Suggested Reading by the Congress of the New Urbanism. A classic since its publication in 1961, this book is the defintive statement on American cities: what makes them safe, how they function, and why all too many official attempts at saving them have failed. More
Heyday, May 2019. Publisher Marketing: Obi Kaufmann, author of the best-selling California Field Atlas, turns his artful yet analytical attention to the Golden State's single most complex and controversial resource: water. In this new book, full-color maps unravel the braided knot of California's water infrastructure and ecosystems, exposing a history of..... More
Island Press, 9/2020. From Los Angeles to Boston and Chicago to Miami, US cities are struggling to address the twin crises of high housing costs and household instability. Debates over the appropriate course of action have been defined by two poles: building more housing or enacting stronger tenant protections. These..... More
Island Press, 10/2019. "Better Buses, Better Cities is likely the best book ever written on improving bus service in the United States." — Randy Shaw, Beyond Chron"The ultimate roadmap for how to make the bus great again in your city." — Spacing"The definitive volume on how to make bus frequent, fast, reliable, welcoming, and..... More