Planetizen Top 10 Books of 2008

Planetizen, the online "planning and development network," has put together a list of their top 10 books for every year since 2002. Between the Architecture Library and Bracken Library we have all the books for 2008 (and 2007 and 2006 and so on).

You'll find the 2008 list with call numbers below. Search CardCat for the books from other years and to check on availability.

• Design Charrettes for Sustainable Communities by Patrick M. Condon
  Call number: HT166.C62135 2008


• Immigrants and Boomers: Forging a New Social Contract for the Future of America by Dowell Myers
  Call number: BRACKEN JV6471.M94 2007
  
• Last Harvest: How a Cornfield Became New Daleville by Witold Rybczynski
  Call number: HT169.57.U62 N497 2007


• Smart Growth in a Changing World by Jonathan Barnett, et al.
  Call number: HT392.S558 2007


• Sustainable Design: Ecology, Architecture, and Planning by Daniel E. Williams, et al.
  Call number: NA2542.36.W548 2007


• Sustainable Urbanism: Urban Design With Nature by Douglas Farr
  Call number: On order for the Architecture Library


• The Best-Laid Plans: How Government Planning Harms Your Quality of Life, Your Pocketbook, and Your Future by Randal O'Toole
  Call number: HC106.83 O86 2007
  
• The Great Neighborhood Book: A Do-It-Yourself Guide to Placemaking by Jay Walljasper
  Call number: HT166.W233 2007


• The Option of Urbanism: Investing in a New American Dream by Christopher B. Leinberger
  Call number: HT384.U5 L45 2008


• Visualizing Density by Julie Campoli and Alex S. MacLean
  Call number: HB1965.C25 2007

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