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MIT Urban Planning Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Book Cover for: Results: Getting Beyond Politics to Get Important Work Done, Charlie Baker

Results: Getting Beyond Politics to Get Important Work Done

Charlie Baker
MIT Urban PlanningMIT Urban Planning

Waiting in line to vote? Check out coverage of #dusp alum Steve Kadish (MCP '82, former Massachusetts Chief of Staff) & @MassGovernor's new book 'Results' (@HarvardBiz) focused on moving beyond politics to design & deliver more effective public service- https://t.co/g5yEndeVBb https://t.co/4O1MgCAsql

Hardcover, 2022

$30.00Member price:$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Socioeconomic Effects of Public Sector Information on Digital Networks: Toward a Better Understanding of Different Access and Reuse Policies: Work, National Research Council

The Socioeconomic Effects of Public Sector Information on Digital Networks: Toward a Better Understanding of Different Access and Reuse Policies: Work

National Research Council
MIT Urban PlanningMIT Urban Planning

How might the pandemic-induced adoption of remote working impact our creativity & innovation at work? A paper by @SenseableCity, @TAMU, Italian National Research Council, @DTUtweet, & @UniofOxford researchers explores. More- https://t.co/Gno2Zg70Cb https://t.co/6m3WJBhW7y

Paperback, 2009

$39.00Member price:$37.05 + Free shipping5% off
Book Cover for: Equity, Evaluation, and International Cooperation: In Pursuit of Proximate Peers in an African City, Gabriella Y. Carolini

Equity, Evaluation, and International Cooperation: In Pursuit of Proximate Peers in an African City

Gabriella Y. Carolini
MIT Urban PlanningMIT Urban Planning

Interested to learn more? Check out @mitsap's @Medium post, featuring the excerpted introduction to 'Equity, Evaluation, and International Cooperation: In Pursuit of Proximate Peers in an African City.' More- https://t.co/xJI4i1wZTV

Hardcover, 2022

$100.00Member price:$100.00 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)
Book Cover for: Tampa Bay: Best Cheesecakes, Yael Eylat-Tanaka

Tampa Bay: Best Cheesecakes

Yael Eylat-Tanaka
MIT Urban PlanningMIT Urban Planning

In her thesis, #dusp alumna @muellergamez (MCP '21) delves into the local history & culture of #TampaBay + the wider set of beliefs, practices, & ideas shaping our relationship to nature to question notions of western knowledge & knowing. More- https://muellergamez.com/ https://t.co/o4dsjpOLWN

Paperback, 2017

$20.33Member price:$10.16 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Fixer-Upper: How to Repair America's Broken Housing Systems, Jenny Schuetz

Fixer-Upper: How to Repair America's Broken Housing Systems

Jenny Schuetz
MIT Urban PlanningMIT Urban Planning

Celebrate the new year with a 2022 award winning #dusp community authored book! Including @kanarinka & @laurafklein's #DataFeminism, Fábio Duarte & Ricardo Álvarez's Urban Play, @jenny_schuetz's (MCP '01) Fixer-Upper, & @JamesRojas (MCP ‘91, SM ‘91) & John Kamp's Dream Play Build https://t.co/nkx1aSuKas

Paperback, 2022

$32.00Member price:$30.40 + Free shipping5% off
Book Cover for: Assessment of the Effects of Climate Variability and Land-Use Changes on the Hydrology of the Meuse River Basin: Phd: Unesco-Ihe Institute, Delft, Tu Min

Assessment of the Effects of Climate Variability and Land-Use Changes on the Hydrology of the Meuse River Basin: Phd: Unesco-Ihe Institute, Delft

Tu Min
MIT Urban PlanningMIT Urban Planning

To what extent does physical proximity impact creative collaboration? In a new paper, #dusp's @pinkertonsplash & @MIT_alumni @matthewclaudel (SM '16, PhD '20) explore, using @MIT's campus as a case study. Read their full @PLOSONE paper, here: https://bit.ly/proximityCollaboration https://t.co/eXezDFN8gj

Hardcover, 2017

$170.00Member price:$161.50 + Free shipping5% off
Book Cover for: Judicial Dispute Resolution: New Roles for Judges in Ensuring Justice, Lawrence Susskind

Judicial Dispute Resolution: New Roles for Judges in Ensuring Justice

Lawrence Susskind
MIT Urban PlanningMIT Urban Planning

What responsibility do courts, particularly judges, have for guaranteeing justice? #dusp's @lsusskind, Justice William Tilleman & @nicolasparrah discuss their new @AnthemPress book, Judicial Dispute Resolution, in Alternatives: https://t.co/CXZie1PkZj https://t.co/SqwgcGsuNM

Paperback, 2023

$29.95Member price:$29.95 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)
Book Cover for: New Industrial Urbanism: Designing Places for Production, Tali Hatuka

New Industrial Urbanism: Designing Places for Production

Tali Hatuka
MIT Urban PlanningMIT Urban Planning

Ben-Joseph & Tali Hatuka's 'New Industrial Urbanism: Designing Places for Production' (@routledgebooks) explores the evolving & future relationships between cities & sites of production. More- https://t.co/bKfdZkX7NZ https://t.co/p2hJyrO4TK

Hardcover, 2022

$190.00Member price:$190.00 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)
Book Cover for: Street Commerce: Creating Vibrant Urban Sidewalks, Andres Sevtsuk

Street Commerce: Creating Vibrant Urban Sidewalks

Andres Sevtsuk
MIT Urban PlanningMIT Urban Planning

On Wednesday (9.28), #dusp's @andres_sevtsuk joins the @SomervillePL to discuss his book, Street Commerce (@PennPress). More- https://t.co/c5RJkp7Oqc https://t.co/J4XRDlb5YO

Hardcover, 2020

$45.00Member price:$42.75 + Free shipping5% off
Book Cover for: How to Blow Up a Pipeline, Andreas Malm

How to Blow Up a Pipeline

Andreas Malm
MIT Urban PlanningMIT Urban Planning

What are the moral, personal, & political implications of more direct action to combat the #ClimateCrisis? @chronopictures' film 'How to Blow Up a Pipeline' explores. Read #dusp's Ezra Glenn's @theartsfuse review- https://t.co/ApLFOlmwtW https://t.co/GUevfYC5sa

Paperback, 2021

$19.95Member price:$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book