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Walkable City by Jeff Speck

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Walkable City

How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time

Jeff Speck

Picador · Print & ebook · November 15, 2022

Reading lane: Urban Life

TENTH ANNIVERSARY EDITION WINNER OF THE GREEN PRIZE FOR SUSTAINABLE LITERATURE Updated with 100+ pages of new material and a foreword by Janette Sadik-Khan The bestselling urban planning book of the past decade, translated into seven languages, Walkable City has changed the conversation on community design across America and beyond.

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Why This Clicks

Street Smarts

A brisk, accessible rethink of how cities work underfoot.

Come here for

  • urban design with a civic edge
  • clear-eyed talk about streets, space, and downtown life

Expect

  • practical design lens
  • giftable, conversation-starting nonfiction

Book Details

Authors
Jeff Speck
Publisher
Picador
Published
November 15, 2022
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Urban Life · Local Government
Reading lane
Urban Life

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Publisher Categories

  • Urban & Land Use Planning

  • Cities & Urban Planning

  • Urban Life

About This Book

TENTH ANNIVERSARY EDITION WINNER OF THE GREEN PRIZE FOR SUSTAINABLE LITERATURE Updated with 100+ pages of new material and a foreword by Janette Sadik-Khan The bestselling urban planning book of the past decade, translated into seven languages, Walkable City has changed the conversation on community design across America and beyond. It is reissued here with an extensive update, including eight new chapters covering housing equity, COVID, Uber, autonomous vehicles, urban fore...

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TENTH ANNIVERSARY EDITION WINNER OF THE GREEN PRIZE FOR SUSTAINABLE LITERATURE Updated with 100+ pages of new material and a foreword by Janette Sadik-Khan The bestselling urban planning book of the past decade, translated into seven languages, Walkable City has changed the conversation on community design across America and beyond. It is reissued here with an extensive update, including eight new chapters covering housing equity, COVID, Uber, autonomous vehicles, urban forests, and more. 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.

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