Why do some cities grow economically while others decline? Why do some show sustained economic performance while others cycle up and down? In Keys to the City,

Julien Gracq, the most important writer in France, is also the only living writer whose complete works appear in a volume of the prestigious Pleiades editions.

Critics have long voiced concerns about the wisdom of living in cities and the effects of city life on physical and mental health. For a century, planners have

An argument that operational urban planning can be improved by the application of the tools of urban economics to the design of regulations and infrastructure.

The classic work on the evaluation of city form. What does the city's form actually mean to the people who live there? What can the city planner do to make the