Books Flashcards
(16 cards)
January 1914
Written by Flavel Shurtleff.
First text on the legal framework for city planning.
Carrying Out the City Plan (1914)
1890
Written by Jacob Riis
Resulted in housing reform in New York City
How the Other Half Lives (1890)
1898
Written by Ebenezer Howard
Initiated the Garden City movement
Tomorrow: A Peaceful Path to Real Reform (1898)
1912
Written by Walter Moody
Adopted as a textbook for eighth graders in Chicago
Wacker’s Manual of the Plan of Chicago (1912)
1915
Written by Patrick Geddes
Focuses on regional planning
Cities in Evolution (1915)
1916
Written by Nelson Lewis
Planning of the Modern City (1916)
1941
Written by Ladislas Segoe
First of the Green Book Series produced by the International City/County Management Association
Local Planning Administration (1941)
1957
Written by F. Stuart Chapin
Common textbook for land use planning
Urban Land Use Planning (1957)
1960
Written by Kevin Lynch
Defines basic concepts within the city such as edges and nodes
Image of the City (1960)
1961
Written by Jane Jacobs
Provided critical look at the planning during the urban renewal era
The Death & Life of Great American Cities (1961)
1962
Written by Rachel Carson
Focuses on negative effects of pesticides on the environment
Silent Spring (1962)
1964
Written by TJ Kent
The Urban General Plan (1964)
1966
Written by Alfred Reins
Focused on historic preservation
With Heritage So Rich (1966)
1969
Written by Ian McHarg
Focused on conservation design using an overlay technique, becoming the basis of GIS
Design With Nature (1969)
1980
Written by William Whyte
Promotes the environmental psychology in urban design
The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces (1980)
