#15,961 in Books
Use arrows to jump to the previous/next product
Reddit mentions of The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces
Sentiment score: 2
Reddit mentions: 3
We found 3 Reddit mentions of The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces. Here are the top ones.
Buying options
View on Amazon.comor
- Used Book in Good Condition
Features:
Specs:
Height | 9.25 Inches |
Length | 7.5 Inches |
Number of items | 1 |
Weight | 0.50926782522 Pounds |
Width | 0.27 Inches |
Well you're certainly entitled to your opinion, but the narration starts with a handful of assumptions that they later find to be untrue. "Correlation doesn't necessarily mean causation" kind of stuff. While I'm not in love with the architecture, I think the study makes perfect sense. Some of the conclusions made in the related book had some influence in the NYC Dept. of City Planning.
Books:
How Cities Work: Suburbs, Sprawl, and the Roads Not Taken by Alex Marshall
A Better Way to Zone: Ten Principles to Create More Livable Cities by Donald L. Elliott
Anything by Leon Krier (Architecture: Choice or Fate being my favorite) or William H. Whyte (The Social Life Of Small Urban Spaces being my favorite)
Essays:
Jane Jacobs and the The Death and Life of American Planning by Thomas J. Campanella
Toward and Urban Design Manifesto by Allen Jacobs and Donald Appleyard.