De Neufville, Richard, and Amadeo Odoni. Airport Systems: Planning, Design, and Management. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2003.

Borden, Iain, et al., eds. The Unknown City: Contesting Architecture and Social Space. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2001.

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In a rather opaque and highly theoretical introduction, the editors explore how the inhabitant of the city perceives urban images and symbols and constructs the urban experience, relating this discussion to their interest in the triad of "space, time, and the human subject." But the best of these 29 readable and stimulating essays (by almost as many contributors) explore with clarity and ease what Dolores Hayden refers to as "cultural geography," or the effect of a particular urban experience on the perception of its physical landscape. Most of the essays focus on cities in Great Britain, while three discuss New York and one looks at Los Angeles. The best document the social and political forces that modify and control urban form: M. Christine Boyer's "Twice-Told Stories: The Double Erasure of Times Square," William Menking's "From Tribeca to Triburbia: A New Concept of the City," Dolores Hayden's "Claiming Women's History on the Urban Landscape: Projects from Los Angeles," and a highly personal and virtually antiurban essay by bell hooks, "City Living: Love's Meeting Place." D. Paul Glassman, New York School of Interior Design Library. Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Harris, Richard, and Peter J. Larkham, eds. Changing Suburbs: Foundation, Form and Function. London: E. & F.N. Spon, 1999.

The subject of suburbanization is attracting growing interest across several disciplines. This unique survey has been drawn together by a multi-disciplinary team of specialists. The book lists historical and contemporary research with particular emphasis on the UK, North America, Australia and South Africa. It provides a broad overview that is both comparative and international in scope. Reviewed in Winter 2001 issue of Journal of the American Planning Association.

Hayden, Dolores. A Field Guide to Sprawl. New York: W. W. Norton, 2004.

Duck, ruburb, tower farm, big box, and pig-in-a-python are among dozens of zany terms invented by real estate developers and designers today to characterize land use practices and the physical elements of sprawl. Sprawl in the environment, based on the metaphor of a person spread out, is hard to define. This concise book engages it's meaning, explains common building patterns, and illustrates the visual culture of sprawl. Reviewed in the October 2004 issue of Planning magazine. Boston Globe article (July 11, 2004) with slide show!

Chung, Chuihua Judy, et al, eds. Harvard Design School Guide to Shopping. Köln: Taschen, 2001.

Harvard Design School's Project on the City is a graduate thesis program that examines the effects of modernization on the urban condition. Each year the Project on the City studies a specific region or phenomenon, and develops a conceptual framework and vocabulary for urban environments that cannot be described within the traditional categories of architecture, landscape, or urbanism. During the years 1997 and 1998, Harvard's graduate students concentrated their studies on the phenomenon of shopping as the primary mode of urban life. As a generative engine of urbanization, shopping has become a defining element of the modern city, and, in many cases, the reason for its existence.

Guidelines for Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment. 2nd ed. London: Spon Press, 2002.

Second edition continues to provide guidelines on the best practice using an iterative, assessment-based approach to design developing for all types and scales of development, with comprehensive advice on the practice and monitoring of landscape and visual impact assessment.

Kusky, Timothy. Geological Hazards: A Sourcebook. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2003.

From tidal waves and sandstorms to lava flows and glaciers, natural geological processes are often hazardous to human life. This book examines the scientific principles behind these processes, explaining how and why they pose a frequent threat. Twelve chapters cover such topics as: Each chapter includes an extensive list of additional resources, featuring books, journal articles, Web sites, and contact information for relevant organizations. In addition to a general introduction, the volume also contains a detailed subject index and over 60 photographs, tables, and charts.

Riparian Areas: Functions and Strategies for Management. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press, 2002.

The report is intended to heighten awareness of riparian areas commensurate with their ecological and societal values. The primary conclusion is that, because riparian areas perform a disproportionate number of biological and physical functions on a unit area basis, restoration of riparian functions along America's waterbodies should be a national goal.

Francis, Mark. Urban Open Space: Designing for User Needs. Washington, D.C.: Island Press, 2003.

Successful public spaces are ones that are responsive to the needs of their users, are democratic in their accessibility, and are meaningful for the larger community and society. While considerable research has been done on needs and conflicts in open space, no one document integrates all this knowledge and makes it available to professionals, students, and researchers. Based on archival research; published case studies; site visits; and interviews with researchers, open space designers, managers, and users, this case study looks across several seminal studies to glean significant findings and design implications related to user needs and conflicts. It reviews and identifies those critical user needs that must be considered in the planning, design, and management of outdoor spaces, and synthesizes that knowledge into an accessible and useful document.

Rae, Douglas W. City: Urbanism and its End. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2003.

How did neighborhood groceries, parish halls, factories, and even saloons contribute more to urban vitality than did the fiscal might of postwar urban renewal? With a novelist's eye for telling detail, Douglas Rae depicts the features that contributed most to city life in the early “urbanist” decades of the 20th century. Rae's subject is New Haven, Connecticut, but the lessons he draws apply to many American cities.