LibGuides: Urban Studies: Library Resources

Urban Studies Books

Taking Sides: Clashing Views in Urban Studies by Myron Alfred Levine
Call Number: HT123 .T35

Taking Sides volumes present current controversial issues in a debate-style format designed to stimulate student interest and develop critical thinking skills.
The City: the Basics by Kevin Archer
Call Number: HT151 .A724

Provides a brief yet compelling overview of the study of cities and city life.
Restless Cities by Matthew Beaumont (Editor); Gregory Dart (Editor)
Call Number: HT119 .R47

Traces the idiosyncratic character of the metropolitan city from the nineteenth century to the twenty-first-century megalopolis.
Saving Our Cities by William W. Goldsmith
Call Number: HT167 .G665

In Saving Our Cities, William W. Goldsmith shows how cities can be places of opportunity rather than places with problems.
Ecodesign for Cities and Suburbs by Jonathan Barnett; Larry Beasley
Call Number: HT391 .B353

In six comprehensively illustrated chapters, the authors explain ecodesign concepts, and how to implement them.

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