Toward the Livable City

“A surprisingly nonpolemical collection of essays on urban planning that includes work from a luminous panel of contributors … It intelligently discusses planning … without the insufferable language of the official city builders.”

“An illuminating and accessible resource to the policy wonk, as well as the concerned citizen … While the writers of Toward the Livable City share a common respect for and belief in the viability of the urban condition, like a true democracy, they each qualify what that means in highly varied and reliably divergent ways.”

“A collection of thoughtful—and thought-provoking—essays … Through the authors’ pithy, poignant contemplation, we see and celebrate the living city—and maybe even gain the tools to push our own cities in that direction.”

“Refreshingly eclectic … These essays champion the beauty, vitality, and viability of cities while assessing the government policies that shared them and asserting new regional and local policies for future growth.”

“Emilie Buchwald’s essayists build a livable city of their own with lively, diverse reflections that manage to mix feet-on-the-ground with a little pie-in-the-sky… . By the end, I’m learning from the experts what it takes to truly love and change a city.”