Key Planning Books Flashcards
“How the Other Half Lives”
Jacob Riis
1890
The book resulted in housing reform in NYC.
“Tomorrow: A Peaceful Path to Real Reform”
Ebenezer Howard
1898
This book initiated the “Garden City Movement.”
“Wacker’s Manual of the Plan of Chicago”
Walter Moody
1912
Adopted as a textbook for 8th graders in Chicago.
“Carrying out the City Plan”
Flavel Shurtleff
1914
First major textbook on city planning.
“Cities in Evolution”
Sir Patrick Geddess (Father of Regional Planning)
1915
Centers on regional planning.
“Constructive and Conservative” changes to a community versus sweeping monolithic plans
“Planning of the modern city.”
Nelson Lewis
1916
“Local Planning Administration”
Ladislas Segoe
1941
This book was the first in the Green Book series produced by the International City/County Management Association.
“Urban Land Use Planning”
F. Stuart Chapin
1957
Became a common textbook on land use planning.
“Image of the City.”
Kevin Lynch
1960
This book defines basic concepts within the city, such as edges and nodes.
“The Death and Life of Great American Cities”
Jane Jacobs
1961
Provided a critical look at planners and planning with a special focus on the mistakes of urban renewal.
“Silent Spring”
Rachel Carlson
1962
Focuses on negative effects of pesticides on the environment.
“The Urban General Plan”
TJ Kent
1964
“With Heritage so Rich”
Alfred Reines
1966
Seminal book on historic preservation.
“Design with Nature”
Ian McHarg
1969
Focuses on conservation design using an overlay technique that was later a basis for GIS.
“The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces”
William Whyte
1980
Promotes the use of environmental psychology and sociology in urban design.
