David R Godschalk

David R. Godschalk is professor emeritus of city and regional planning at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Design and Planning
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In Print: What Makes a Great City
In writing this book, author Alexander Garvin went on a quest to discover what makes cities great. He found that the secret to urban greatness stems from management of the streets, squares, parks, and special places that make up the “public realm.” To maintain greatness, cities must not only maintain but also “continually alter their public realm to meet the changing needs of their occupants.”
December 2, 2016
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Best Practices
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Public/Private Partnerships
In Print: The Green and the Black: The Complete Story of the Shale Revolution, the Fight over Fracking, and the Future of Energy
Author Gary Sernovitz sees the American oil and gas renaissance as “the Internet of oil, a spark . . . that led to an industrial change of such scope and magnitude that we have woken up . . . in a once impossible world.” Yet public understanding of the shale revolution has lagged, leading to hype, scaremongering, and a failure to candidly discuss its urgent moral, technological, regulatory, and environmental challenges.
September 2, 2016
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Economy, Market & Trends
In Print: A Good Tax: Legal and Policy Issues for the Property Tax in the United States
An attorney by training and chair of the Department of Valuation and Taxation at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, author Joan Youngman presents a crisp and balanced review of the complex administrative and political challenges posed by the assessment and collection of the annual property tax.
August 22, 2016
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David R Godschalk
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Resilience and Sustainability
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News
In Print: America’s Urban Future: Lessons from North of the Border
According to authors Ray Tomalty and Alan Mallach, U.S. cities should look to Canada for ways to make our urban areas more livable and sustainable.
June 27, 2016
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Development and Construction
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News
In Print: The Human City: Urbanism for the Rest of Us
Joel Kotkin, a fellow in urban studies at Chapman University in Orange, California, whose previous works include The Next Hundred Million: America in 2050and The New Class Conflict, in his latest book challenges the claimed advantages of high-density, “pack and stack” urban development.
June 3, 2016
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Design and Planning
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News
In Print: The Nature of Urban Design: A New York Perspective on Resilience
In his book, Alexandros Washburn writes that “nothing important in a city can change without an alignment of politics, finance, and design.” As New York City’s chief urban designer under Mayor Michael Bloomberg, he played a key role in the planning and building of the High Line, the 21st century’s most notable civic design project. That experience shaped his view of city design.
February 12, 2016
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David R Godschalk
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Design and Planning
In Print: Zoning Rules! The Economics of Land Use Regulation
Be forewarned: this book’s emphatic title tells readers that, in the author’s view, local land use regulation shapes the form of American communities, for better or worse. To solve the problems of sprawl and economic segregation that plague cities and urban development, William A. Fischel, an economics professor at Dartmouth College, insists that we must radically reform zoning in the United States.
January 11, 2016
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Design and Planning
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News
In Print: Planning for States and Nation-States in the U.S. and Europe
Combining the work of 26 experts, the editors of this book argue that better coordination in state- and national-level planning would provide more efficient infrastructure investments, greater resilience to climate change, and increased equity in economic development.
December 18, 2015
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Resilience and Sustainability
In Print: Ecodesign for Cities and Suburbs
Despite mounting evidence that a new urban growth model is needed, America continues to build dysfunctional cities and suburbs. The authors of this ambitious book would reverse that practice with “ecodesign,” their approach to urban and suburban planning, regulation, and development.
December 7, 2015
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Economy, Market & Trends
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In Print: Atlas of Cities
A compelling and unique book, Atlas of Citiesgoes beyond maps to provide insights into the dynamics of how cities shape contemporary social and economic activities.
November 16, 2015
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