Planetizen 2005 Top 10 Book List

The Planetizen 2005 List features the top 10 popular titles published in 2004.

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December 21, 2004, 9:00 AM PST

By Chris Steins @planetizen


Planetizen's 2005 Top 10 List features brief reviews of the top 10 books published in 2004, as well as several honorable mentions. Among the titles on this year's list:

  • A Field Guide To Sprawl, by Dolores Hayden
  • Dark Age Ahead, by Jane Jacobs
  • The Resilient City: How Modern Cities Recover From Disaster
  • Shadow Cities: A Billion Squatters, A New Urban World, by Robert Neuwirth
  • Urban Sprawl and Public Health: Designing, Planning, and Building for Healthy Communitiesby Howard Frumkin, Lawrence Frank and Richard Jackson.

    and many more...

    Special thanks to Planetizen editor David Gest for coordinating this year's list.

    Thanks to Chris Steins

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