Customer Review: As for the organization of this book, I'd give it 3 stars. But the subject matter is so important that this should be a best-seller, on every thinking person's reading list. The book begins with some historic background on sewers, and how sewers and the flush toilet drastically improved public... more info
Customer Review: I bought this book as a required reading for school. It was very easy to read and covered many interesting topics. I would recommend this book to anyone that is interested in learning more about the urban environment.
Customer Review: I must admit, I am the least "Green" person I know. However, after taking a position in a company where I had to champion sustainability efforts within the organization, I quickly asked around for the best books on the subject. This book was named repeatedly, so I bought it and read it in... more info
Customer Review: Imagine an egalitarian, directly democratic, and autonomuous urban ecotopia where neighborhood microlivestock collectives raise their own free-range poultry, city buses run on waste vegetable oil, parking lots have been converted into organic orchards, and small-scale wind turbines provide household... more info
Customer Review: 20081214 DEPARTED AMAZON WITH OUTRAGE OVER THE MANIPULATION OF VOTES. At the end of this review following the links to other recommended books, I specify why this book receives four stars instead of five. Shortly I will load several images that will augment my written review, a couple of them... more info
Customer Review: Genius. As important as an Uncle Tom's Cabin was in its time. This is a wake up call to a dire humanitarian disaster. If you cross this text with concerns stated by Paul and Anne Ehrlich in One With Nineveh for example then our future is a rough ride no joke. We have to reverse the trends discussed... more info
Customer Review: The authors do an excellent job of both outlining ways to develop that do not induce sprawl, promote neighborhoods, and encourage people to both create and live in places that are the antithesis of sprawl. I appreciated their anecdotes and stories about things that have worked, good ideas that... more info
Customer Review: Given that this book was written in the 1950's, it is still relevent to current urban design thinking. It must have been very innovative in the 1950's. Once the reader gets past the unusual layout of the book and the out of date language, there are many useful urban design concepts to be found... more info
Customer Review: As a resident of the metro Detroit area for the first 30 years of my life who finally fled last year, I write this review with a bit of nostalgic sorrow. What happened to Detroit - formerly the fourth most populous city in the U.S. and once considered the "Paris of the Midwest" - is nothing short of... more info
