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Design with Nature Is Still Important (Popularity:  )
http://www.ahherald.com/oaktrail/oot010301_design_nature.htm
A summary of the 1969 Ian McHarg book.
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Sir Ebenezer Howard and the Garden City Movement (Popularity: )
http://www.rickmansworthherts.freeserve.co.uk/howard1.htm
1973 essay explores Howard's influence on 20th century British town planning.
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Architecture: Choice or Fate by Leon Krier (Popularity: )
http://www.kunstler.com/mags_choice_fate.html
Book review by James Howard Kunstler for The American Enterprise.
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Boyer, M. Christine (Popularity: )
http://www.upenn.edu/gsfa/intricacy/participants/mchristine_boyer.html
The William R. McKenan Jr. Professor of Architecture and Urbanism, at the School of Architecture, Princeton University, Boyer has written and lectured widely on 19th and 20th century urbanism, with ...
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Davis, Mike (Popularity: )
http://www.laweekly.com/ink/99/01/news-macadams.php
Author whose writings on the "architecture of control" and the extinction of public spaces have influenced many theorists and designers working to create a more livable city. (Books: City of ...
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Huxtable, Ada Louise (Popularity: )
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/newyork/series/interview/huxtable.html
Architecture critic for the Wall Street Journal, she advocates for preservation and cities as places of contrast. (Book: The Unreal America)
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Newman, Oscar (Popularity: )
http://www.defensiblespace.com/
Influential author proposes using the physical restructuring of housing projects and residential communities to reduce crime and improve stability. (Books: Defensible Space)
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Kunstler, James Howard (Popularity: )
http://www.kunstler.com/
Kunstler believes a lot of people share his feelings about the tragic landscape of highway strips, parking lots, housing tracts, mega-malls, junked cities, and ravaged countryside that makes up the ...
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Apte, Prakash M. (Popularity: )
http://pmapte.topcities.com/
Papers on housing, architecture, planning, development, management, and education by the Indian architect and planner.
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CSISS Classics: Ian McHarg (Popularity: )
http://www.csiss.org/classics/content/23
Biographical information and a list of publications.
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The Celebration Controversies (Popularity: )
http://www.intbau.org/essay8.htm
Duany examines the pros and cons of Disney's New Urbanist town for the International Network for Traditional Building, Architecture & Urbanism.
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Berman, Marshall (Popularity: )
http://eserver.org/clogic/4-2/monchinski_berman.html
Cultural theorist examines the social roles and intentions of artists in modern urban life. He advocates "Marxist humanism" and proposes that the urban realities of the marketplace are neither fixed ...
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Geddes, Patrick (1854-1932) (Popularity: )
http://www.ballaterscotland.com/geddes/
Known as the "father of town planning," he developed the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, advanced ideas for the renovation of old housing and the planning and building of new homes, ...
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Harvey, David (Popularity: )
http://www.jhu.edu/~dogee/people/faculty/harvey.html#spub
A geographer concerned with environmental justice and uneven development, Harvey writes devastating descriptions of current urban situations, and offers a new framework for questioning design decisions. (Books: The Urban Experience, ...
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Kay, Jane Holtz (Popularity: )
http://www.janeholtzkay.com/
Architecture and planning critic for The Nation and author. She has written for Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Planning, The Boston Globe, The New York Times, Preservation and Sierra. (Books: Asphalt Nation, ...
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The Garreau Group (Popularity: )
http://www.garreau.com/
The author's consulting company. Includes the full text of a number of books and articles.
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Katz, Peter (Popularity: )
http://www.annonline.com/interviews/970324/
Author and real estate marketing consultant, he argues that New Urbanism integrates modern life into pedestrian-friendly communities with effective links to their larger regions. (Books: The New Urbanism: Toward an ...
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Wikipedia: Daniel Burnham (Popularity: )
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Burnham
Biographical article from publicly-editable encyclopedia.
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Community and the Politics of Place (Popularity: )
http://www.fs.fed.us/eco/eco-watch/ew930223
A review of the Daniel Kemmis book by Susan Giannettino.
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Bertaud, Alain - The Study of Urban Spatial Structures (Popularity: )
http://alain-bertaud.com/
Papers and reports focused on urban spatial development.
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