Consult these core resources when beginning your design project.
Designing Cities : basics, principles, projects by 
Landscape Architectural Graphic Standards by 
Landscape Architectural Graphic Standards (Student Edition) by 
Planning and Urban Design Standards (Student Edition) by 
Public Spaces and Urbanity: Construction and Design Manual by 
Time-Saver Standards for Housing and Residential Development by 
Time-Saver Standards for Landscape Architecture : design and construction data by 
Time-Saver Standards for Urban Design by 
Universal Design : creating inclusive environments by 
Urban Design : the composition of complexity by 
Urban Design Handbook : techniques and working methods by 
Urban Grids : handbook for regular city design by 
The Urban Masterplanning Handbook by 
American Town Plans : a comparative time line by 
Atlas zum Städtebau by 
Program diagrams by Time-Saver Standards for Urban Design by Time-Saver Standards for Urban Design by
Encyclopedia of Community by 
Encyclopedia of Urban Studies by
Encyclopedic Dictionary of Landscape and Urban Planning by
A Planners Dictionary by 
Don't Be Afraid to Participate! : the brief ABC of communal planning and housing by 
Access to resources : an urban agenda by
Shaping American Democracy by
The Oxford Handbook of Urban Planning by
Transforming Cities and Minds Through the Scholarship of Engagement by
Urban Literacy : reading and writing architecture by
Urban Transformation : understanding city design and form by
HD101-1395.5 Land use, Land tenure
HD1286-1289 Communal ownership
HD1290-1291 Municipal ownership
HD1361-1395.5 Real estate business
HD7285-7391 Housing
HD9715-9717.5 Construction industry
HE305-311 Urban transportation
HT51-1595 Communities. Classes. Races
HT51-65 Human settlements. Communities
HT101-395 Urban groups. The city. Urban sociology
HT161-165 Garden cities. "The city beautiful"
HT165.5-169.9 City planning
HT170-178 Urban renewal. Urban redevelopment
HT330-334 Metropolitan areas
HT351-352 Suburban cities and towns
HT361-384 Urbanization. City and country
HT388 Regional economics. Space in economics
HT390-395 Regional planning
NA9000-9428 Aesthetics of cities. City planning and beautifying
SB450.9-467.8 Gardens and gardening
SB469-(476.4) Landscape gardening. Landscape architecture
SB481-486 Parks and public reservations, Including theory, management, history
TA170-171 Environmental engineering
TA1001-1280 Transportation engineering
TD159-168 Municipal engineering
TE1-450 Highway engineering. Roads and pavements
Selected Subjects and Call Numbers
"Building Laws - California" KFC's
"City Planning" NA 9000's
"Civil Engineering" TA's
"Environmental Engineering" TH 6021
"Housing" HD 7285-7291
"Regional Planning" NA 9000's
"Roads" TE's
"Urban Landscape Architecture" SB 472.7
"Urban Geography- country/state" HT's
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