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Streetscapes and Gateways: Books

Background Reading -- Natural and Built Environments

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Cities and Nature: a Handbook for Renewal by Kemp, Roger L.
Call Number: HT243 .U6 C575 200
ISBN: 0786422149
Cities and towns across the United States are making efforts to restore nature and increase green space as a means of public renewal and downtown revitalization. Numerous case studies.
Experiential Landscape by Kevin Thwaites; Ian Simkins
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9780415340007
Publication Date: 2007-01-23
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Form and Fabric in Landscape Architecture by Catherine Dee
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9780415246378
Publication Date: 2001-11-09
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Great Streets by Jacobs, Allan B.
Call Number: NA9053 .S7 J23 1995
ISBN: 0262600234
Landscape Urbanism and Its Discontents by Andrés Duany; Emily Talen
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9780865717404
Publication Date: 2013-06-11
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Living Streets by Lesley Bain; Barbara Gray; Dave Rodgers
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9780470903810
Publication Date: 2012-03-13
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Retrofitting Suburbia by Ellen Dunham-Jones; June Williamson
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9780470934326
Publication Date: 2011-03-29
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Skinny Streets and Green Neighborhoods : Design for Environment and Community by Girling, Cynthia L.
Call Number: HT167 .G57 2005
ISBN: 1597260282
Spaced Out by Nicola Garmory; Rachel Tennant
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9780750661423
Publication Date: 2005-04-15
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Street Design by Victor Dover; John Massengale
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9781118066706
Publication Date: 2013-12-31
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Sustainable Urbanism : Urban Design with Nature by Farr, Douglas
Call Number: HT241 .F37 2008
ISBN: 9780471777519
The Experience of Place by Hiss, Tony
Call Number: NA9108 .H673
ISBN: 0394568494
The Landscape Urbanism Reader by Charles Waldheim (Editor)
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9781568984391
Publication Date: 2006-06-08
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The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces by Whyte, William Hollingsworth
Call Number: HT153 .W49
ISBN: 0891640576
The Spaces Between Buildings by Ford, Larry
Call Number: NA9053 .S6 F67 2000
ISBN: 0801863317

Background Reading - Community Development and Organization

Building Communities from the Inside out: A Path Toward Finding and Mobilizing a Community’s Assets by John P. Kretzmann.
Call Number: HN90.C6.K92
ISBN: 087946108X
The Citizen's Guide to Planning by Herbert H. Smith
Call Number: HT123 .S58 1993
ISBN: 0918286840
Comeback Cities: A Blueprint for Urban Neighborhood Revival by Paul S. Grogan
Call Number: HT175.G76
ISBN: 0813368138
The Great Neighborhood Book: A Do-It-Yourself Guide to Placemaking by Jay Walljasper
Call Number: HT166.W234
ISBN: 0865715815
Neighborhood Planning: A Guide for Citizens and Planners by Bernie Jones
Call Number: HT167.J76
ISBN: 0918286670

McLean Library Staff

Strengthening Community

Civic Agriculture by Thomas A. Lyson
Call Number: HD1761 .L97 2004
ISBN: 1584654139
Publication Date: 2004-06-01
Community Gardening As Social Action by Claire Nettle
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9781409455868
Publication Date: 2014-02-12
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The Earth Knows My Name by Patricia Klindienst
Call Number: SB455 .K55 2006
ISBN: 0807085626
Publication Date: 2006-04-12