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15 Cards in this Set
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How the Other Half Lives
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How the Other Half Lives by Jacob Riis, published in 1890. This book resulted in housing reform in New York City.
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Tomorrow: A Peaceful Path to Real Reform
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Ebenezer Howard, published in 1898. This book initiated the Garden City movement.
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Wacker's Manual of the Plan of Chicago
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Walter Moody, published in 1912. This book was adopted as a textbook for eighth graders in Chicago.
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Carrying Out The City Plan
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Flavel Shurtleff, published in 1914. This book was the first major textbook on city planning
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Cities in Evolution
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Patrick Geddess, published in 1915. This book centers on regional planning
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Planning of the Modern City
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Nelson Lewis, published in 1916.
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Local Planning Administration
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Ladislas Segoe, published in 1941. This book was the first in the Green Book Series produced by the International City/County Management Association.
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Urban Land Use Planning
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Stuart Chapin, published in 1957. This book became a common textbook on land use planning.
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Image of the City
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Kevin Lynch, published in 1960. This book defines basic concepts within the city, such as edges and nodes. Read excerpts of Image of the City on Amazon.com.
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The Death and Life of Great American Cities
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The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs, published in 1961. Jacobs provided a critical look at planners and planning, with a special focus on the mistakes of urban renewal.
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Silent Spring
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Rachel Carlson, published in 1962. This book focuses on the negative effects of pesticides on the environment
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The Urban General Plan
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TJ Kent, published in 1964
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With Heritage So Rich
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Alfred Reins, published in 1966. This is a seminal book in historic preservation
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Design with Nature
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Ian McHarg, published in 1969. This book focuses on conservation design
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The Social LIfe of Small Urban Spaces
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Wiliam Whyte, published in 1980. This book promotes the use of environmental psychology and sociology in urban design.
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