Urban Transformation Reader: A Holiday Book List
As we researched Life After Carbon, we relied on a number of terrific books for ideas, examples, and inspiration. Here’s our list, with links to Amazon. Also note that according to our book's Amazon page, customers who bought our book also bought 12 other books including Designing Climate Solutions, Walkable City Rules, Drawdown and Chief Joy Officer.
Benjamin Barber, If Mayors Ruled the World
Jonathan Barnett and Larry Beasley, Ecodesign for Cities and Suburbs
Timothy Beatley, Biophilic Cities: Integrating Nature into Urban Design and Planning
Daniel Brook, A History of Future Cities
Joan DeJean, How Paris Became Paris
Richard Florida, Who’s Your City? How the Creative Economy is Making Where to Live the Most Important Decision of Your Life
Joel Kotkin, The City: A Global History
Charles Montgomery, Happy City: Transforming Our Lives through Urban Design
Andreas Malm, Fossil Capital: The Rise of Steam Power and the Roots of Global Warming
William McDonough and Michael Braungart, The Upcycle: Beyond Sustainability–Designing for Abundance
Lewis Mumford, The City in History: Its Origins, Its Transformations, and Its Prospects
Richard Register, Ecocities: Rebuilding Cities in Balance with Nature
Jeremy Rifkin, The Third Industrial Revolution: How Lateral Power is Transforming Energy, the Economy, and the World
Eric Sanderson, Mannahatta: A Natural History of New York City
Wade Shepard, Ghost Cities of China: The Story of Cities Without People in the World’s Most Populated Country
Ted Steinberg, Down to Earth: Nature’s Role in American History
Frank Trentmann, Empire of Things: How We Became a World of Consumers, from the Fifteenth Century to the Twenty-First
