Jeff Speck Boeken

"Timely and important, a delightful, insightful, irreverent work . . . Should be required reading." --The Christian Science Monitor Named a best book of the year by Planetizen and the American Society of Landscape Architects Jeff Speck has dedicated his career to determining what makes cities thrive. And he has boiled it down to one key factor: walkability. Making downtown into a walkable, viable community is the essential fix for the typical American city; it is eminently achievable and its benefits are manifold. Walkable City--bursting with sharp observations and key insights into how urban change happens--lays out a practical, necessary, and inspiring vision for how to make American cities the best they can be.

The author has dedicated his career to determining what makes cities thrive, and he has boiled it down to one key factor: walkability. In this book, he reveals the invisible workings of the city, how simple decisions have cascading effects, and how we can all make the right choices for our communities.

Rules and instructions for making cities walkable, from the most well-known and respected voice in walkability.

A full-color guide to applying new urbanist methodologies to urban and suburban growth.

Transect Urbanism: Readings in Human Ecology is the definitive reference on the Rural-to-Urban Transect, a compilation of the most important essays, diagrams, and images on the subject.