The purpose of this collection is to present a clear, comprehensible, and highly readable book on the growth of modern cities and their planning.

Intimate Metropolis explores connections between the modern city, its architecture, and its citizens, by questioning traditional conceptualizations of public an

The Connected City explores how thinking about networks helps make sense of modern cities: what they are, how they work, and where they are headed. Cities and u

The Modern American Metropolis: A Documentary Reader introduces the history of American cities and suburbs through a collection of original source materials tha

"Cities, more than ever, are the engines of our economies and the ecosystems in which our lives play out. This means that questions about the perfectibility and