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5 Must Read Books on Public Spaces

This article will highlight the main books and readings related to public spaces. There are many books that can be chosen on urbanism themes but these books focus particularly on how to design and...

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5 Good Books on Transport

Introduction Everyone is familiar with transport and has their own unique experience with the concept of transport and travel. Whether it is busses, trains or airplane, transport is an important part...

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Four Good Books on Indian Urbanisation

Introduction: India has a vast history of city planning from the inception of the Indus Valley Civilization which led to Mohinjadaro, Harapa and other similar towns in ancient India. We can learn many...

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Urban Management in developing countries by Ronald McGill – A Viewpoint

The paper talks about the various definitions and explanations provided by different authors for Urban Management. It is a topic of discussion and researched as no definition has been accepted for this...

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Book Review- About the book: Image Of City by Kevin A. Lynch

The Author explains how people orient themselves by the means of mental maps especially in Urban areas. He explained this theory by comparing three cities in America namely Boston, Jersey City, and Los...

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Book Review – The Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us...

“The Triumph of the City: …” by Edward Glaesar is an epiphany which throws light upon the driving forces behind the very existence of cities. It shatters the notion of cities being associated with...

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Top 10 Urban Planning Books

Books play an extremely vital role in every student’s life as they introduce them to a world of imagination, providing knowledge of the outside world, helps in improving reading, writing and speaking...

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Book Review – The Idea of India (Sunil Khilnani) from lens of an Urban Planner

Book review: The Idea of India Sunil Khilnani in his book ‘The Idea of India’ focuses on the idea of India at different stages of history and tries to examine the essential concept of contemporary...

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