- Robert A. Beauregard, When America Became Suburban
- Paperback: 288 pages
- Publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press (August 25, 2006)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0816648859
- ISBN-13: 978-0816648856
- Mark Luccarelli, The Eclipse of Urbanism and the Greening of Public Space
- Hardcover: 256 pages
- Publisher: White Horse Press (December 15, 2016)
- ISBN-10: 1874267944
- ISBN-13: 978-1874267942
- Mark Binelli, Detroit City Is the Place to Be: The Afterlife of an American Metropolis
- Paperback: 352 pages
- Publisher: Picador (November 5, 2013)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1250039231
- ISBN-13: 978-1250039231
- Sharon Zukin. Naked City: The Death and Life of Authentic Urban Places
- Paperback: 312 pages
- Publisher: Oxford University Press; Reprint edition (May 13, 2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0199794464
- ISBN-13: 978-0199794461
- Richard Register, EcoCities: Rebuilding Cities in Balance with Nature
- Paperback: 368 pages
- Publisher: New Society Publishers; Revised ed. edition (April 1, 2006)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0865715521
- ISBN-13: 978-0865715523
Recommended for purchase:
- Richard T. LeGates and Frederic Stout, eds. The City Reader. London: Routledge, 6th edition, 2016.
- John Fairchild, The Public and Its Possibilities: Triumphs and Tragedies in the American City (Urban Life, Landscape and Policy). Temple University Press, 2010.
- Christoph Lindner, Imagining New York City: Literature, Urbanism, and the Visual Arts, 1890-1940. Oxford University Press, 2015.
- Peter Hall, Cities of Tomorrow an Intellectual History of Urban Planning and Design since 1880. Wiley-Blackwell, 4th ed.