 | General Background Books (All are available from the Covered Treasures
Bookstore in
Monument. Contact Tommie Plank at
481-2665.)
 | Eben
Fodor, Better Not Bigger: How to take control of urban growth and
improve your community, New Society Publishers, 1999. This is an
excellent book. It talks about the myths of growth, the urban growth machine,
etc. Read
a review by the Florida Sustainable Communities Center. |
| Christopher Alexander, et al, A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings,
Construction, Oxford University Press, 1977. Although expensive
(~$50) and done in the '70's, it identifies what aspects work at all
levels from urban planning to interior design. There are two other very
good books in the series: The Timeless Way of Building and
The Oregon Experiment. All three books were written by UC Berkeley
architecture professors and others involved with the Center for
Environmental Structure. |
| James Kunstler: Home from Nowhere and The Geography of
Nowhere. They talk about problems associated with growth, strip
malls, etc. |
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| Wal-Mart Books
| Bill Quinn, How Wal*Mart is Destroying
America and What You Can Do About It, Ten Speed Press, 1998. If you
want to know what is so bad about Wal-Mart, read this book. It details
how Wal-Mart hurts vendors, undermines employees, and destroys small
towns. |
| Al Norman, Slam-Dunking Wal-Mart: How
You Can Stop Sprawl in Your Hometown, Raphel Marketing, 1999. A well-known
anti-Wal-Mart crusader presents powerful strategies for fighting back.
His web site (Sprawl-Busters)
chronicles what is happening across the Country. |
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