"Hank lived by the credo 'first listen, then design.'" —Scott Bernstein, Founder and Chief Strategy + Innovation Officer, Center for Neighborhood Technology Hank Dittmar was a globally recognized urban planner...
Books
Building Density for Everyday Life
Imagine waking up to the gentle noises of the city, and moving through your day with complete confidence that you will get where you need to go quickly and efficiently. Soft City is about ease and comfort, where density has a human...
256 pages
8 x 10.5
100 color images
A Guide to Creating Low-Carbon, Resilient Communities
Climate change continues to impact our health and safety, the economy, and natural systems. With climate-related protections and programs under attack at the federal level, it is critical for cities to address climate impacts locally. Every...
384 pages
6 x 9
20 photos, 25 illustrations
What Quitting Hair Dye Taught Me about Health and Beauty
Like 75% of American women, Ronnie Citron-Fink dyed her hair, visiting the salon every few weeks to hide gray roots in her signature dark brown mane. She wanted to look attractive, professional, young. Yet as a journalist covering health and the...
200 pages
5 x 8
Creating Vibrant Downtowns for a New Century
Downtowns are more than economic engines: they are repositories of knowledge and culture and generators of new ideas, technology, and ventures. They are the heart of the city that drives its future. If we are to have healthy downtowns, we need to...
264 pages
6 x 9
100 b/w figures and photos
Creating Successful Green Infrastructure Networks
Vacant lots, so often seen as neighborhood blight, have the potential to be a key element of community revitalization. As manufacturing cities reinvent themselves after decades of lost jobs and population, abundant vacant land resources and...
200 pages
7 x 10
63 photos and figures
Linking Landscapes for Biodiversity Conservation and Climate Adaptation
Migrating wildlife species across the globe face a dire predicament as their traditional migratory routes are cut off by human encroachment. Forced into smaller and smaller patches of habitat, they must compete more aggressively for dwindling...
368 pages
6 x 9
25 photos, 25 illustrations
How to Save the Creatures that Feed Our World
We should thank a pollinator at every meal. These diminutive creatures fertilize a third of the crops we eat. Yet half of the 200,000 species of pollinators are threatened. Birds, bats, insects, and many other pollinators are disappearing,...
232 pages
6 x 9
15 photos
Regenerating Your Land and Growing Your Profits
Holistic management is a systems-thinking approach developed by biologist Allan Savory to restore the world’s grassland soils and minimize the damaging effects of climate change and desertification on humans and the natural world. This...
264 pages
8.5 x 11
23 photos, 47 illustrations