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Technical, in-depth, and how-to reports

These PDF downloads include book chapters, Technical Pages, and formatted articles. Below are three examples of reports.

Urbanism holds promise for reducing energy use $2.99

New Urban News Article with graphs, 7/1/2005

Researchers presented findings at the Congress for the New Urbanism annual conference that show substantial energy savings from higher-density urbanism — greater savings than can be achieved from the US government Energy Star program.
The alley offset $2.99

New Urban News Technical Page by Andres Duany, Michael Morrissey, and Patrick Pinnell

The last two decades have witnessed a heartening revival of traditional planning techniques. Element after element, the components of walkable, mixed-use, civically conscious environments have been restudied, redeployed into use, and gradually have gained widespread acceptance on the part of the public and even of non-new urbanist professionals.

Images

Recent images from throughout New Urban Network, easily searchable.

Brent Toderian
Brent Toderian
Imposing the streets
Imposing the streets
House in the air
House in the air
At Union Square
At Union Square
Activity spur
Activity spur
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Books on urban design and planning

Available from New Urban News Publications.

New Urbanism: Best Practices Guide, 4th Ed.
New Urbanism: Best Practices Guide

The definitive reference on new urban ideas, practices, and projects.

SmartCode Version 9 and Manual
The SmartCode Version 9 and Manual

A seminal work of the New Urbanism, now only $59!

Recent books + reviews

Is Phoenix's goose cooked? The metabolism of cities.

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

Posted by Robert Steuteville on 31 Jan 2012

A nudge towards walking saves a mountain of cash

Review of Intelligent Cities, edited by Susan C. Piedmont-Palladino, National Building Museum, 2011, 120 pp., $25 paperbound.

Posted by Robert Steuteville on 31 Jan 2012

Deeply lived-in plazas

Edited by Chris Wilson and Stefanos Polyzoides
Photographs by Miguel Gandert
Trinity University Press, 2011, 338 pp. $45 hardcover

Posted by Robert Steuteville on 28 Nov 2011

Walking Home: The Life and Lessons of a City Builder

Review of a book by Ken Greenberg, Random House Canada, 2011, 394 pp., $29.95 hardcover

Posted by Robert Steuteville on 21 Sep 2011

How to grow a Garden City

A book by Andres Duany offers a blueprint for what he calls the development tool of the future: Agrarian Urbanism.

Posted by Drew on 26 Jul 2011

Taking the "wonk" out of transportation ideas

Streetfilms recently released a set of videos that explain pioneering street improvements in a way that the general public can get behind.

Posted by David West on 28 Jun 2011

Does sprawl bring happiness?

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

Posted by Drew on 20 Jun 2011

The glories of granny flats

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

Posted by Robert Steuteville on 07 Jun 2011

Good developments come in small packages

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

Posted by Robert Steuteville on 19 Apr 2011

Cities for People

Jan Gehl's book offers ideas for how to make cities and the world immeasurably better.

Posted by Robert Steuteville on 24 Mar 2011
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