By Jeremy Senko
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Book Review: The Bohemian Guide to Urban Cycling
Author: Sean Benesh (Urban Loft Publishers, 2014) Urban cycling is not a new concept in many Canadian cities. It seems like at any particular point in...
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New Slow City: Living Simply in the World’s Fastest City
Author:Â William Powers (New World Library, 2014) Every once and a while I get handed a book that changes my perspective on some of the ways I do things in...
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Book Review – Creative Block: Advice and Projects from 50 Successful Artists
Author: Daniella Krysa (Chronicle Books, 2014) Creative Block took me a while to read. Not because it was difficult or heavy or even long. It took me a...
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Book Review – Why I Walk: Taking A Step in the Right Direction
 Author: Kevin Klinkenberg (New Society Publishers) Ever since I read Jeff Speck’s Walkable City, I’ve noticed just how many books on walking there...
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Book Review – State of the World 2014: Governing for Sustainability
Author: The Worldwatch Institute (Island Press, 2014) Books created by The WorldWatch Institute are always very intriguing. They balance on a very fine...
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Book Review – Next-Generation Infrastructure: Principles for Post-Industrial Public Works
Next-Generation Infrastructure: Principles for Post-Industrial Public Works – (Island Press, 2014) Synergy. A simple word that is commonly used in...
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Book Review – Blue Urbanism: Exploring Connections Between Cities and Oceans
Author:Â Timothy Beatley (Island Press, 2014) Humanity has an intrinsic sense of what our urban world entails. When we hear the word urbanism, we think of...
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BOOK REVIEW – Site Design for Multifamily Housing: Creating Livable, Connected Neighborhoods
Authors:Â Nico Larco, Kristin Kelsey, and Amanda West (Island Press, 2014) Given multi-unit residential housing accounts for the vast majority of the work...
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BOOK REVIEW – The Guide to Greening Cities
Authors: Sadhu Aufochs Johnston, Steven S. Nicholas and Julia Parzen (Island Press, 2013) More and more books are focusing on how to effectively “greenâ€...
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Book Review – People Habitat: 25 Ways to Think About Greener, Healthier Cities
 Author: F. Kaid Benfield (Island Press, 2013) One thing I am constantly reminded of when reviewing the many books I’ve had the opportunity to read...
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Book Review: River Notes – A Natural History of the Colorado
Author: Wade Davis (Island Press, 2012) I was shocked that I had not heard of Wade Davis before reading this book. For a man who has seen and done so much...
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Book Review – Modern Modular: The Prefab Houses of RESOLUTION: 4 ARCHITECTURE
Authors:Â Joseph Tanney and Robert Luntz (Princeton Architectural Press, 2013) It would appear that I wasn’t the only one who frequently enjoyed...