Description
“Timely and necessary, a delightful, insightful, irreverent work . . . Will have to be required reading.” ―The Christian Science Monitor
A Easiest Book of the Year in line with Planetizen and the American Society of Landscape Architects
Jeff Speck has dedicated his career to figuring out what makes cities thrive. And he has boiled it down to 1 key factor: walkability.
Making downtown into a walkable, viable community is the very important fix for the
typical American city; it’s eminently achievable and its benefits are manifold. Walk-
able City―bursting with sharp observations and key insights into how urban change
happens―lays out a practical, vital, and inspiring vision for methods to make American
cities great again.