Urban planning / Design Book recommendation
The Urban Design Compendium
Urban design is the design of towns and cities, streets and spaces. Urban design concerns the relationships between the design of buildings, groups of buildings, spaces and landscapes, movement and establishing frameworks and procedures that will deliver successful development by different people over time. The purpose of the Urban Design Compendium is to help equip all those involved in the delivery of places with guidance on achieving and assessing the quality of urban design in developing and restoring urban areas.