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Below are groups and resources (books, articles, websites, etc.) related to this topic. Click on an item’s title to go its resource page with author, publisher, description/abstract and other details, a link to the full text if available, as well as links to related topics in the Subject Index. You can also browse the Title, Author, Subject, Chronological, Dewey, LoC, and Format indexes, or use the Search box. Connexions LibraryBowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community Putnam, Robert D. Book 2000 Bowling Alone documents the rise and fall of community activity in the twentieth century in the United States and the social changes this reflects. It offers all the evidence, the confirmatory and the... The Canadian City Gerecke, Kent Book 1991 Based on the belief that a healthy city life is possible, this volume collects articles, stories and histories about the city and its people, covering aspects such as human and social relations, art a... Communitas: Means of Livelihood and Ways of Life  Goodman, Paul & Percival Book 1947 Visions of urban life. Connexions Library: Community & Urban Focus Website Selected articles, books, websites and other resources on community and urban issues. Dark Age Ahead Jacobs, Jane Book 2004 A dark age is a culture's dead end. Jacobs argues that our society is facing the coming of a dark age. The End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of the American Dream Greene, Gregory Film/Video 2004 Documentary about the Peak Oil theory and its implications for the America way of life.
Indianapolis' Extortion Dome: Against The Current vol. 135 Fish, George Article 2008 The Indianapolis Colts’ new Lucas Oil Dome portends to be exorbitant for the taxpayers of Marion County, where Indianapolis is situated. But the cost is genteelly hidden, so the taxpayers are liable t... Racist housing? How postwar suburban development led to today's inner-city lead poisoning Fredrickson, Leif Article 2016 The lead poisoning crisis in Flint, Michigan is just the tip of a vast iceberg of lead contamination afflicting mainly urban black communities. A rigid 'race bar' on postwar suburban housing and mortg... The Shape of the City: Toronto Struggles with Modern Planning Sewell, John Book 1993 John Sewell traces in urban planning from pre-Depression garden cities to postwar modernism and a revival of interest in the streetscape grid. The Shape of the Suburbs: Understanding Toronto's Sprawl Sewell, John Book 2009 Examines the relationship between the development of suburbs, water, and sewage systems, highways and the decision-making of Toronto-area governments to show how the suburbs spread, and how they have ... The Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream Duany, Andres; Plater-Zyberk; Elizabeth, Speck, Jeff Book 2000 The choice is ours: either a society of homogeneous pieces, isolated from one another in often fortified enclaves, or a society of diverse and memorable neighbourhoods, organized into mutually support... Sources LibraryThe City in History Its Origins, Its Transformations, and Its Prospects Mumford, Lewis 1961 Beginning with an interpretation of the origin and nature of the city, Mumford follows the city's development from Egypt and Mesopotamia through Greece, Rome, and the Middle Ages to the modern world. Made in America An Informal History of the English Language in the United States Bryson, Bill 1994 A history of American English. |
