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 
Don't Be Afraid to Participate! : the brief ABC of communal planning and housing by 
Encyclopedia of Community by 
Encyclopedic Dictionary of Landscape and Urban Planning by 
A Planners Dictionary by 
Access to resources : an urban agenda 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 Each section of the stacks (Stacks, Oversize, Reference, Pictorial Reference, Current Periodicals, etc.) can be browsed by call number, as can the library catalog.
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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