influence, city and urban planning

Books That Shaped Our Thinking

We asked editorial board members to consider which book during their career has had the greatest influence on them; to describe the book; to discuss its impact generally; and to consider whether it is still relevant today. This issue is the result. 

About this issue

Issue number
Volume 41 – Number 3

Summary

We asked editorial board members to consider which book during their career has had the greatest influence on them; to describe the book; to discuss its impact generally; and to consider whether it is still relevant today. This issue is the result. 

Contents

  • Books That Have Shaped Our Thinking 
    DAVID BANISTER 
  • Moralism and Urban Evolution: Excavating Mumford’s The City in History 
    LAWRENCE C. VALE
  • Culture and Urban Development: Revisiting the Legacy of David Harvey’s The Condition of Postmodernity on Urban Studies 25 Years On 
    CLAIRE COLOMB
  • Forces of Agglomeration: Allen Scott’s The Cultural Economy of Cities Revisited 
    ROBERT C. KLOOSTERMAN
  • The Sound of the City – Charlie Gillett 
    MARTIN CROOKSTON
  • Observing the Public Realm: William Whyte’s The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces 
    YASSER ELSHESHTAWY 
  • John F.C. Turner and Housing as a Verb
    MICHAEL COHEN
  • Hugh Stretton: Ideas for Australian Cities
    STEPHEN HAMNETT
  • Great Cities and Their Traffic: Michael Thomson Revisited 
    DAVID BANISTER
  • Publication Reviews