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The following resources will help you learn more about urbanism, placemaking, urban design, urban planning, economic development, regeneration and sustainability.
Placemaking
Books
The Placemakers Guide to Building Communities
– Nabeel Hamdi
Tactical Urbanism
– Mike Lydon & Anthony Garcia
The Great Neighbourhood Book: A Do-it-yourself Guide to Placemaking
– Jay Walljasper
Placemaking Fundamentals for the Built Environment
– Dominique Hes & Cristina Hernandez-Santin
Online articles/books
“Creative Placemaking”
– Ann Markusen & Anne Gadwa
“Placemaking and the Politics of Belonging and Dis-belonging”
– Roberto Bedoya
“Places in the Making: How placemaking builds places and communities.”
– Susan Silberberg
“An Overview of Creative Placemaking as an Enabler for Sustainable Urban Regeneration”
– Nurul Atikah Ramli & Norsidah Ujang
“Assembling placemaking: making and remaking place in a regenerating city”
– Jill Sweeney, Kathy Mee, Pauline McGuirk & Kristian Ruming
Urban design and planning
Books
The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces
– William H Whyte
City: Rediscovering the Centre
– William H Whyte
The Death and Life of Great American Cities – Jane Jacobs
Livable Cities Observed – Suzanna Crowhurst & Henry Lennard
Charter of New Urbanism – Emily Talen
Cities for People – Jahn Gehl
Cities for People Not for Profit – Neil Brenner
Convivial Urban Spaces – Henry Shaftoe
Street Reclaiming – David Engwicht
The Image of the City – Kevin Lynch
The Living City – Roberta Brandes Gratz
Dialogues in Public Art – Tom Finkelpearl
Creating Great Town Centres and Urban Villages – Urban Land Institute
Urban Design Futures – Edited by Malcolm Moor & John Rowland
Shopping Environments: Evolution, Planning & Design – Peter Coleman
The Vertical Village – MVRDV Rotterdam & The Why Factory
Economic development
Books
The Economy of Cities
– Jane Jacobs
The Local Economy Solution
– Michael H Shuman
Put Your Money Where Your Life Is – Michael H Shuman
Regeneration and Sustainability
Books
Designing Regenerative Cultures
– Daniel Christian Wahl
Online articles/books
“Regenerative Placemaking: Creating a New Model for Place Development by Bringing Together Regenerative and Placemaking Processes” – Cristina Hernandez-Santin, Dominique Hes, Tanja Beer & Lewis Lo