Research Guides: HC 223H Reading Cities: Urban Planning

Film: The City (1939)

The Regional Planning Association of America's plea for community chaotic cities and urban sprawl. Directors: Ralph Steiner and Willard Van Dyke. Script: Henwar Rodakiewicz, from an outline by Pare Lorentz. Commentary written by Lewis Mumford. Narrator: Morris Carnovsky. Photography: Ralph Steiner, Willard Van Dyke, Jules V.D. Bucher, Edward Anhalt, Roger Barlow and Rudolph Bretz. Editor: Theodore Lawrence. Music: Aaron Copland.

Books: Urban Planning

The Urban Design Reader
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The Urban Design Reader draws together the very best of classic and contemporary writings to illuminate and expand the theory and practice of urban design.
The City Reader
Call Number: eBook
The City Reader juxtaposes the best classic and contemporary writings on the city. Topics include the evolution of cities, he evolution of cities; urban culture and society; urban planning and design; and cities in a global society.