city planning

Examines the history of the World Trade Center towers in New York City, and focuses on politicians, business leaders, and the architect as well as the destruction on September 11th and its recovery.

Looks at the cities of the Roman Empire, explaining how they linked Western Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa, describing their commercial, cultural, and political structure.

Discusses various issues related to sustainable cities, covering unplanned growth, unequal access to resources, transportation problems, the environmental impacts of building, and relocation, and including two case studies for each as well as advice on what that reader can do to help.

Explores the vast array of interconnected systems that work together to run a city, taking care of the citizens' most basic needs and providing the building blocks of urban life.

Explores the design and building technology of ancient Rome, along with the political and economic significance of Roman city construction throughout the empire.

Shows how the Romans planned and constructed their cities for the people who lived within them and used these cities to link their vast empire into a commercial and political unit. Live-action segments visit historical sites and reveal how these structures were built and used. Animated segments tell the story of the construction and conflicts of a fictional Roman city in the newly conquered territory of Gaul.

In the city of Ember, twelve-year-old Lina trades jobs on Assignment Day to be a Messenger to run to new places in her decaying but beloved city, perhaps even to glimpse Unknown Regions.

Contains nineteen essays in which the authors, a group of urbanists who live and work in New York City, speculate about the future of the city in the wake of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center.