We’re living in an era of new economic realities, and the relevance of the planning and development trades depends on their — our — ability to get back to the basics of urban growth and development.
Water has become a preoccupation for the MacArthur Genius; her designs not only reflect water as a form, but speak to water systems on the whole as meshing with the built environment.
Review of The Very Hungry City: Urban Energy Efficiency and the Economic Fate of Cities, by Austin Troy, Yale University Press, 2012, 384 pp., $28 hardcover
A review of Sprawl, Justice, and Citizenship: The Civic Costs of the American Way of Life. A book by Thad Williamson. Oxford University Press, 2010, 416 pp., $35 hardcover
Review of In-laws, Outlaws, and Granny Flats: Your Guide for Turning One House into Two Homes. A book by Michael Litchfield. Taunton Press, 2011, 224 pp., $24.95 paperback
Review of Pocket Neighborhoods: Creating Small-Scale Community in a Large-Scale World, a book by Ross Chapin. Taunton Press, 2011, 224 pp., $30 hardcover
