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A Guide to Careers in Community Development
list: $18.00 - our price: $12.24
by Island Press
Paperback (01 January, 2001)
(2 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Finally, community development coming of age: Ever heard the joke about the city planner who married his wife just so he wouldn't have to explain what city planning is on another first date again?
ADA Americans with Disabilities Act Compliance Manual for Illinois
list: $49.95
by Jordan Publishing
Plastic Comb (25 October, 1997)

After the City
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by The MIT Press
Paperback (01 October, 2001)
Alternative Urban Futures: Planning for Sustainable Development in Cities Throughout
list: $24.95 - our price: $24.95
by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Paperback (01 April, 2004)

American Metropolitics: The New Suburban Reality
list: $29.95 - our price: $29.95
by Brookings Institution Press
Paperback (01 October, 2002)
(2 reviews) 4.5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: brilliant in spots: The first half of this book (where Orfield talks about the various categories of suburbs and how they are adversely affected by sprawl) is brilliant.
American Project: The Rise and Fall of a Modern Ghetto
list: $32.50
by Harvard University Press
Hardcover (01 September, 2000)
(6 reviews) 3.17 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Misguided thesis: Venkatesh is pushing the thesis that the lives of the residents in the 'projects' have been too pessimistically portrayed by other authorities,

Ancient Futures: Learning from Ladakh
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by Sierra Club Books
Paperback (01 September, 1992)
(8 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Rediscovering Place, Culture and Community: After reading this book, I suddenly realized the root problem of Western Civilization: We have no culture.
Ancient L.A.
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by Unreinforced Masonry Studio
Paperback (01 May, 1999)

ArcGIS and the Digital City: A Hands-on Approach for Local Government
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by ESRI Press
Paperback (01 April, 2004)
Atlanta: Race, Class, and Urban Expansion (Comparative American Cities)
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by Temple University Press
Paperback (01 January, 2001)
(1 reviews) 4 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: one of the better books about Atlanta: Atlanta continues to fascinate policy analysts -- not just because of its all too common sprawl,

Balancing Nature and Commerce in Gateway Communities
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by Island Press
Paperback (01 June, 1997)
(3 reviews) 4.67 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: A feel-good land use/planning guide: - A feel-good land use/planning guide produced by the Conservation Fund and the Sonoran Institute.
Baumschlager & Eberle: Hous-ing
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by Chronicle Books
Hardcover (01 August, 1999)

Better Not Bigger: How to Take Control of Urban Growth and Improve Your Communit
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by New Society Publishers
Paperback (01 January, 1999)
(9 reviews) 4.56 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Free Book, Anyone?: A major underlying assumption in our society today is that growth is good. We need growth! Growth is good for business,
Beyond Charity: The Call to Christian Community Development
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by Baker Books
Paperback (01 June, 1993)
(3 reviews) 4.67 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: A Helpful and Inspiring Guideline for Social Ministry: This book is a philosophy and outline for ministry among the American poor,

Bird's Eye Views: Historic Lithographs of North American Cities
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by Princeton Architectural Press
Hardcover (01 October, 1998)
Building Civic Capacity : The Politics of Reforming Urban Schools (Studies in Government
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by University Press of Kansas
Paperback (01 July, 2001)

Building Communities from the Inside Out: A Path Toward Finding and Mobilizing a
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by ACTA Publications
Paperback (01 March, 1997)
(2 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Kretzmann and McKnight help us see through new eyes.: Building Communities from the Inside Out guides readers to a new, asset-based approach to community building that proves everyone has a gift to share.
Building Safer Cities: The Future of Disaster Risk (Disaster Risk Management, 3)
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by World Bank Publications
Paperback (01 August, 2003)

Building Suburbia : Green Fields and Urban Growth, 1820-2000
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by Pantheon
Hardcover (16 September, 2003)
(1 reviews) 4 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: The American Suburb in History: Building Suburbia is a capable synthesis of historical and recent scholarship on the development of the suburbs in America.
Celebration, U.S.A.: Living in Disney's Brave New Town
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by Owl Books
Paperback (01 September, 2000)
(18 reviews) 3.39 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Congratulations on Celebration, U.S.A.: In Celebration, U.S.A. Douglas Frantz and Catherine Collins have provided us with a solid background of information on planned communities in the United States,

Chicago Metropolis 2020 : The Chicago Plan for the Twenty-First Century
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by University of Chicago Press
Hardcover (01 June, 2001)
Cities and Natural Process: A Basis for Sustainability
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by Routledge
Paperback (01 July, 2004)

Cities Back from the Edge : New Life for Downtown
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by Wiley
Paperback (21 January, 2000)
(7 reviews) 4.43 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Insightful Analysis of Changing City Landscapes: In this text, Gratz and Mintz set out to establish guidelines and tips for city leaders,
Cities for a Small Planet
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by Westview Press
Paperback (01 July, 1998)
(3 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: small in size, large in wisdom: It is a good book, small but with lots of information. It introduces in a simple form the urban problems of the world and tries to focus in it's solutions.

Cities in Full: Recognizing and Realizing the Great Potential of Urban America
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by Planners Press American Planning Association
Hardcover (01 March, 2002)
Cities of the World: World Regional Urban Development
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by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Hardcover (May, 2003)
(2 reviews) 3 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: 2003? seems more like 1950: This book is poorly written, full of factual and gramatical errors, and suffers from what I would nicely call "eurocentricity."

Cities of Tomorrow: An Intellectual History of Urban Planning and Design in the Twentieth
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by Blackwell Publishers
Paperback (01 August, 2002)
(1 reviews) 4 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Good read and study of planning history!: My university is using this book as a text as part of our study of Planning History. It is a very good read and is unlike a textbook.
Cities: Reimagining the Urban
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by Polity Press
Paperback (01 April, 2002)

Citistates: How Urban America Can Prosper in a Competitive World
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by Seven Locks Press
Paperback (01 April, 1993)
(1 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Metropolitan regionalism gets seminal review: As the world turns into a global entity, the United States has becomes a bona fide metropolitan nation.
City Center to Regional Mall: Architecture, the Automobile, and Retailing in Los Angeles,
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by The MIT Press
Paperback (05 June, 1998)
(2 reviews) 4.5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Very Informative Book about Los Angeles: If you ever wanted to know about the history of Los Angeles and how it became a large metropolitian area,

Climate Considerations in Building and Urban Design
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by Wiley
Hardcover (06 January, 1998)
(1 reviews) 4 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: A climate-responsive buildings "Great Work" ...: ..that will complement Givoni's Passive Low Energy Cooling of Buildings; the MIT Solar Heat Technologies Series;
Collaborative Public Management: New Strategies for Local Governments (American Governance
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by Georgetown University Press
Paperback (01 January, 2004)

Comeback Cities: A Blueprint for Urban Neighborhood Revival
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by Westview Press
Paperback (01 December, 2001)
(4 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: well-researched and timely: As someone who worked for community development organizations and witnessed the revitalization of downtown Washington,
Community Analysis and Planning Techniques
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by Rowman & Littlefield (Non NBN)
Paperback

Community By Design: New Urbanism for Suburbs and Small Communities
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by McGraw-Hill Professional
Hardcover (12 March, 2001)
(2 reviews) 3.5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: For Novices Only: Community by Design is an introduction to the basics of community design and New Urbanism. It's useful if that's what you're after,
Community Organizing : Building Social Capital as a Development Strategy
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by SAGE Publications
Paperback (10 June, 1998)

Community Planning: An Introduction to the Comprehensive Plan
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by Island Press
Paperback (01 January, 2000)
(2 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Planning in the 21st Century: Planning in the 21st CenturyBY MARY R. ENGLISHPart of a growing series on land use planning published by Island Press,
Comprehensive City Planning: Introduction & Explanation
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by American Planning Association
Paperback (01 August, 1985)

Concrete and Clay: Reworking Nature in New York City (Urban and Industrial Environments
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by The MIT Press
Hardcover (01 April, 2002)
Conservation Design for Subdivisions: A Practical Guide to Creating Open Space Network
list: $42.50 - our price: $42.50
by Island Press
Paperback (01 August, 1996)
(4 reviews) 4.5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: More people need to read this book!: What a concept! Rather than trying to get the most acreage per lot, make smaller lots with more shared open space.

Conservation Finance Handbook: How Communities are Paying for Parks and Land Conservatio
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by Center for Land and People Book, the Trust fo
Paperback (01 January, 2004)
Constructing Townscapes: Space and Society in Antebellum Tennessee
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by University of North Carolina Press
Paperback (01 March, 1999)

Construction in Cities: Social, Environmental, Political, and Economic Concerns
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by CRC Press
Hardcover (21 December, 2000)
Contemporary Urban Planning (6th Edition)
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by Prentice Hall
Paperback (31 July, 2002)
(1 reviews) 4 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Get a Broad spectrum of Urban Planning for the Beginner: This book gives a broad spectrum of what to expect in the planning field,

Creating Better Futures: Scenario Planning As a Tool for A Better Tomorrow
list: $35.00
by Oxford University Press
Hardcover (01 February, 2002)
(2 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: A new paradigm for shaping our future: How do we achieve our futures? Is our future predetermined? How much of our future can we extrapolate from our past and our present?
Crucibles of Hazard: Mega-cities and Disasters in Transition
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by United Nations University Press
Paperback (February, 1999)

Designing Cities: Critical Readings in Urban Design
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by Blackwell Publishers
Paperback (01 February, 2003)
Designing Sustainable Communities: Learning from Village Homes
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by Island Press
Paperback (01 January, 2000)
(1 reviews) 4 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Sustainable Communities: Judy and Michael Corbett have written a brief and thoughtful, not to mention well-informed book on the subject of designing and building sustainable communities.

Devolution and Development: Governance Prospects in Decentralizing States (Contemporary
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by Ashgate Publishing
Hardcover (01 July, 2004)
Divided We Stand: A Biography of New York City's World Trade Center
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by Basic Books
Paperback (01 January, 2001)
(17 reviews) 3.88 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Not what the title might suggest...: I purchased this book expecting to find a detailed biography of the World Trade Center. I assumed this would include the planning,

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