People Building Better Cities
Participation and Inclusive Urbanization
About People Building Better Cities
Exhibition Schedule
Join the Conversation
Resource Platform
Get Involved
Books
Aquilino, M. (2011),
Beyond Shelter: Architecture and Human Dignity
Architecture for Humanity (2012),
Design Like you Give a Damn: Building Change from the Ground Up
Awan, N., Schneider,T., and Till, J. (2011),
Spatial Agency: other ways of doing architecture
Baker, J. (2012),
Climate Change, Disaster Risk and the Urban Poor- Cities Building Resilience for a Changing World
Bell, B (2008),
Expanding Architecture: Design as Activism
Bell. B. (2003),
Good Deeds, Good Design: Community Service through Architecture
Benjamin Barber (2013) If Mayors Ruled the World: Dysfunctional Nations, Rising Cities
Boo, K. (2012),
Behind the beautiful forevers
Brigham, C. (2009),
Enabling Good Deeds in Design: How can Architects provide Community Service as part of their practice?
Brillembourg, A. Reireiss, K., Klumpner, H. (2005),
Informal City: Caracas Case
Cary, J. (ed.) (2010),
The Power of Pro Bono
Celik, A., Zyman. R. and Mahdi, M. (eds) (2009),
Sustainable Urbanization in the Information Age
Cooke, B. and Kuthari, U. (eds) (2002),
Participation: The New Tyranny
Davis, M. (2006),
Planet of Slums: Urban Involution and the Informal Working Class
Dodd, M., Harrison, P., Charlesworth, E. (2012),
Live Projects: Designing with People
Fals Borda, O. (ed.) (1986),
The Challenge of Social Change
Frediani, A. A., French, M. A. and Nunez Ferrera, I. (2011),
Change by design: building communities through participatory design
Friere, P. (1970),
Pedagogy of the Oppressed
Friere, P. (1974),
Education for Critical Consciousness
Global Studio Resources
Hamdi, N. (1996),
Educating for Real
Hamdi, N. (2004),
Small Change: About the art of practice and the limits of planning in cities
Hamdi, N. (2010),
The Placemakers Guide to Building Community
Hamdi, N., and Goethart, R. (1997),
Action Planning for Cities
Harber, A. (2011),
Diepsloot
Harvey, D. (2012),
Rebel Cities: From the Right to the City to the Urban Revolution
HDR Report (2011),
Sustainability and Equity: A Better Future for All
Hickey, S., and Mohan, G. (eds) (2004),
Participation : From Tyranny to Transformation
Huchzemyer, M. (2004),
Unlawful occupation: informal settlements and urban policy in South Africa and Brazil
Huzchemeyer, M. (2011),
Cities with ‘Slums’: From informal settlement eradication to a right to the city in Africa
Indra, S. (2009),
Animal’s People: A Novel
International Institute for Environment and Development (2002),
Environment and Urbanization
Johnson, C. (2011),
Indian Cities: Managing Urban Growth
Lefebvre, H. (1968),
The Right to the City
Lepik, A. (2010),
Small Scale, Big Change: New Architectures of Social Engagement
Mahadevia, D. (2008),
Inside the Transforming Urban Asia – Processes, Policies and Public Actions
Mandela, N. (1995),
Long Walk to Freedom
Marcuse P. et al (2009),
Searching for the Just City: Debates in Urban Planning and Theory
Mehta S. (2004),
Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found
Miessen, M. (2010), The Nightmare of Participation
Naomi Klein (2014) This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs the Climate
Neuwirth R. (2004),
Shadow Cities: A Billion Squatters, a New Urban World
Neuwirth R. (2012),
Stealth of Nations: The Global Rise of the Informal Economy
Palleroni, S. (2004),
Studio at large: architecture in service of global communities
Pholeros, P. (1993),
Housing for Health
Pierce, N. and Johnson, C. (2009),
Century of the City: No Time to Lose
Pieterse, E. (2008),
City Futures: Confronting the Crisis of Urban development
Rosenzweig, C. et al (2011),
Climate Change and Cities
Roy, A. (2010),
Poverty Capital: Microfinance and the Making of Development
Sachs, J. (2005),
The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time
Sanoff, H. (1999),
Community Participation Methods in Design and Planning
Schiffman, R., Bell, R. Brown, L. Elizabeth,L. (eds) (2012),
Beyond Zucotti Park: Freedom of Assembly and the Occupation on Public Space
Sclar, E., Garau, P., Carolini, G. (2005),
A Home in the City
Sclar, E., Vloavvka-Close, N., Brown, P. (eds) (2012),
The Urban Transformation: Health, Shelter and Climate Change
Sen, A., (1999),
Development as Freedom
Smith C. (2007),
Design for the other 90%
Smith C. (2011),
Design with the other 90%
Steffen, A. (2011),
World Changing: A Users Guide for the 21st Century
Stiglitz, J. (2012),
The Price of Inequality
Turner, J. (1974),
Housing by People: towards autonomy in building environments
UN Habitat (2010),
State of the World’s Cities 2010-2011
UN Habitat (2011),
Cities and Climate Change
Urban Design Studio, Columbia University (2012),
Urban Development in Accra Ghana
Urban Think Tank (2012),
Torre David: Informal Vertical Communities
Search:
Sort by Media Type:
Articles
Books
Films
Other
Talks
Websites
Sort by Topic:
Case Studies
Cities
Citizen Engagement
Climate Change
Education
Inclusive Design - Planning
Inequality
Organizations
Population
Submit Your
Own Resources
Please Click Here
Facebook
Twitter