Key Planning Books Flashcards
(15 cards)
How the Other Half Lives
Author: Jacob Riis; published in 1890. The book resulted in housing reform in New York City
Tomorrow: A Peaceful Path to Real Reform
Author: Ebenezer Howard; It was published in 1898. This book initiated the Garden City Movement
Wacker’s Manual of the Plan of Chicago
Author: Walter Moody. It was published in 1912. This book was adopted as a textbook for eighth graders in Chicago.
Carrying Out the City Plan
Author: Flavel Shurtleff. It was published in 1914. This book was the first major textbook on city planning.
Cities in Evolution
Author: Patrick Geddes. It was published in 1915. This book centers on regional planning, and Geddes is known as the “father of regional planning.”
Planning of the Modern City
Author: Nelson Lewis. It was published in 1916.
Local Planning Administration
Author: Ladislas Segoe. It was published in 1941. This book was the first in the Green Book Series produced by the International City/County Management Association.
Urban Land Use Planning
Author: F. Stuart Chapin. It was published in 1957. This book became a common textbook on land use planning
Image of the City
Author: Kevin Lynch. It was published in 1960. This book defines basic concepts within the city, such as edges and nodes.
The Death and Life of Great American Cities
Author: Jane Jacobs. It was published in 1961. Jacobs provided a critical look at planners and planning, with a special focus on the mistakes of urban renewal.
Silent Spring
Author: Rachel Carson. It was published in 1962. This book focuses on the negative effects of pesticides on the environment.
The Urban General Plan
Author: TJ Kent. It was published in 1964.
With Heritage So Rich
Edited: Alfred Reins. It was published in 1966. This is a seminal book on historic preservation.
Design with Nature
Author: Ian McHarg. It was published in 1969. This book focuses on conservation design using an overlay technique that was later the basis of GIS
The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces
Author William Whyte. It was published in 1980. This book promotes the use of environmental psychology and sociology in urban design.
