There are few more powerful questions than, “Where are you from” or “Where do you live?” People feel intensely connected to cities as places and to other people who feel that same connection. In order to understand ...
Books
216 pages
6 x 9
15 photos and illustrations
Designing and Building for Floods, Heat, Drought, and Wildfire
The climate, which had been relatively stable for centuries, is well into a new and dangerous phase. In 2020 there were 22 weather and climate disasters in the United States, which resulted in 262 deaths. Each disaster cost more than a...
296 pages
6 x 9
77 figures
Designing and Building for Well-Being, Equity, and Sustainability
The first edition of Making Healthy Places offered a visionary and thoroughly researched treatment of the connections between constructed environments and human health. Since its publication over 10 years ago, the field of healthy...
552 pages
8.5 x 11
131 photos/figures
How Innovation Districts Can Embrace Risk and Strengthen Community
Innovation districts and anchor institutions—like hospitals, universities, and technology hubs—are celebrated for their ability to drive economic growth and employment opportunities. But the benefits often fail to reach the very...
258 pages
6 x 9
2 photos, 1 illustration
How Zoning Broke the American City and How to Fix It
What if scrapping one flawed policy could bring US cities closer to addressing debilitating housing shortages, stunted growth and innovation, persistent racial and economic segregation, and car-dependent development? It’s time for...
256 pages
6 x 9
20 illustrations
New Ideas for Carbon-Smart Architecture
“Net Zero” has been an effective rallying cry for the green building movement, signaling a goal of having every building generate at least as much energy as it uses. Enormous strides have been made in improving the performance of...
280 pages
8.5 x 10
64 photos
When The Cartoon Introduction to Climate Change was first published in 2014, it offered something entirely new: a fun, illustrated guide to a planetary crisis. If that sounds like an oxymoron, you’ve never seen the carbon cycle...
224 pages
7 x 10
illustrations throughout
Following John Muir's Journey through an Endangered Land
"Engaging hybrid - part lyrical travelogue, part investigative journalism and part jeremiad, all shot through with droll humor." --The Atlanta Journal Constitution In 1867, John Muir set out on foot to explore the...
256 pages
6 x 9
2 illustrations + au photo
Stories of the Natural World That Inspired Human Ingenuity
Did you know that mosquitoes’ mouthparts are helping to develop pain-free surgical needles? Who'd have thought that the humble mussel could inspire so many useful things, from plywood production to a “glue” that can cement...
384 pages
6 x 9
42 illustrations