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List Published: 10/15/07
Last Updated: 11/5/07


General Infrastructure Planning & Engineering

     See also Books for Understanding: Hurricane Katrina: Emergency Management

Mega-Projects: The Changing Politics of Urban Public Investment
Alan A. Altshuler, David E. Luberoff author info
ISBN-13: 9780815701293 (paper)
Brookings Institution Press and the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 2003
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Power, Speed, and Form: Engineers and the Making of the Twentieth Century
David P. Billington, David P. Billington, Jr.
ISBN-13: 9780691102924 (cloth)
Princeton University Press, 2006
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On Risk and Disaster: Lessons from Hurricane Katrina
Ronald J. Daniels, Donald F. Kettl, and Howard Kunreuther, editors; foreword by Amy Gutmann
ISBN-10: 0812219597 (paper)
University of Pennsylvania Press, 2006
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The Limits of Stabilization: Infrastructure, Public Deficits, and Growth in Latin America
William Easterly, Luis Servén, editors
ISBN-10: 0804749728 (paper)
ISBN-13: 9780804749725 (paper)
Stanford University Press, 2003
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Globalizing L.A.: Trade, Infrastructure, and Regional Development
Steven P. Erie
ISBN-10: 080474680X (cloth)
ISBN-10: 0804746818 (paper)
ISBN-13: 9780804746809 (cloth)
ISBN-13: 9780804746816 (paper)
Stanford University Press, 2004
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Broken Buildings, Busted Budgets: How to Fix America's Trillion-Dollar Construction Industry
Barry B. LePatner
ISBN-10: 0226472671 (cloth)
ISBN-13: 9780226472676 (cloth)
University of Chicago Press, 2007
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Law, Infrastructure and Human Rights
Michael B. Likosky
ISBN-10: 0521676886 (paper)
ISBN-13: 9780521676885 (paper)
Cambridge University Press, 2006
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Success Through Failure: The Paradox of Design
Henry Petroski
ISBN-13: 9780691122250 (cloth)
Princeton University Press, 2006
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The Ethical Engineer
Eugene Schlossberger
ISBN-10: 1566390575 (paper)
Temple University Press, 1993
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Controlling Government Spending: The Ethos, Ethics, and Economics of Expenditure Management
James Warren, editor
ISBN-10: 0195673875 (cloth)
ISBN-13: 9780195673876 (cloth)
Oxford University Press, 2005
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Bridges & Tunnels

Elegant Arches, Soaring Spans: C.B. McCullough, Oregon's Master Bridge Builder
Robert W. Hadlow
ISBN-10: 0870715348 (paper)
Oregon State University Press, 2001
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Catastrophe to Triumph: Bridges of the Tacoma Narrows
Richard S. Hobbs
ISBN-13: 9780874222890 (paper)
Washington State University Press, 2006
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Constructing a Bridge: An Exploration of Engineering Culture, Design, and Research in Nineteenth-Century France and America
Eda Kranakis
ISBN-10: 0262112175 (cloth)
ISBN-13: 9780262112178 (cloth)
MIT Press, 1996
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The Bridge at Québec
William D. Middleton
ISBN-13: 9780253337610 (cloth)
Indiana University Press, 2001
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Innovation and the Rise of the Tunnelling Industry
Graham West
ISBN-10: 0521673356 (paper)
ISBN-13: 9780521673358 (paper)
Cambridge University Press, 2005
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Transport

     Roads & Highways
     Rail
     Waterways & Ports

Transport: Roads & Highways

Watching the Traffic Go By: Transportation and Isolation in Urban America
Paul Mason Fotsch
ISBN-13: 9780292714250 (cloth)
ISBN-13: 9780292714267 (paper)
University of Texas Press, 2007
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Getting There: The Epic Struggle between Road and Rail in the American Century
Stephen B. Goddard
ISBN-10: 0226300439 (paper)
ISBN-13: 9780226300436 (paper)
University of Chicago Press, 1996
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Motoring: The Highway Experience in America
John A. Jakle, Keith A. Sculle
ISBN-10: 0820330280 (cloth)
ISBN-13: 9780820330280 (cloth)
University of Georgia Press, February 2008
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Taking the High Road: A Metropolitan Agenda for Transportation Reform
Bruce Katz, Robert Puentes, editors author info
ISBN-13: 9780815748274 (paper)
Brookings Institution Press, 2005
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An International Sourcebook of Automobile Dependence in Cities 1960-1990
Jeffrey R. Kenworthy , Felix B. Laube
ISBN-10: 0870815237 (cloth)
University Press of Colorado, 1999
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Heavy Traffic: Deregulation, Trade, and Transformation in North American Trucking
Daniel Madar
ISBN-13: 9780774807692 (cloth)
ISBN-13: 9780774807708 (paper)
University of British Columbia Press, 2000
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Managing Transport Energy
James Warren, editor
ISBN-10: 0199215774 (paper)
ISBN-13: 9780199215775 (paper)
Oxford University Press, 2007
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Transport: Rail

The Railroad and the State: War, Politics, and Technology in Nineteenth-Century America
Robert G. Angevine
ISBN-10: 0804742391 (cloth)
ISBN-13: 9780804742399 (cloth)
Stanford University Press, 2004
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The Railway King of Canada: Sir William Mackenzie, 1849-1923
R. B. Fleming
ISBN-13: 9780774804868 (paper)
University of British Columbia Press, 1991
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Early American Railroads: Franz Anton Ritter von Gerstner's 'Die innern Communicationen' 1842-1843
Franz Anton Ritter von Gerstner, Edited by Frederick C. Gamst, Translated by David J. Diephouse and John C. Decker
ISBN-10: 0804724237 (cloth)
ISBN-13: 9780804724234 (cloth)
Stanford University Press, 1997
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British Rail 1974-1997: From Integration to Privatisation
Terry Gourvish
ISBN-10: 0199250057 (cloth)
ISBN-13: 9780199250059 (cloth)
Oxford University Press, 2002
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The Electric Interurban Railways in America
George W. Hilton, John F. Due
ISBN-10: 0804740143 (cloth)
ISBN-13: 9780804740142 (cloth)
Stanford University Press, 2000 (1960)
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The Birth of California Narrow Gauge: A Regional Study of the Technology of Thomas and Martin Carter
Bruce MacGregor
ISBN-10: 0804735506 (cloth)
ISBN-13: 9780804735506 (cloth)
Stanford University Press, 2003
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New Departures: Rethinking Rail Passenger Policy in the Twenty-First Century
Anthony Perl
ISBN-13: 9780813122113 (cloth)
University Press of Kentucky, 2002
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Transport of Delight: The Mythical Conception of Rail Transit in Los Angeles
Jonathan Richmond
ISBN-13: 9781884836947 (cloth)
ISBN-13: 9781884836954 (paper)
University of Akron Press, 2005
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Order Against Progress: Government, Foreign Investment, and Railroads in Brazil, 1854-1913
William R. Summerhill III
ISBN-10: 0804732248 (cloth)
ISBN-13: 9780804732246 (cloth)
Stanford University Press, 2003
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Cleveland's Transit Vehicles: Equipment and Technology
James A. Toman, Blaine S. Hayes
ISBN-10: 0873385489 (cloth)
ISBN-13: 9780873385480 (cloth)
Kent State University Press, 1996
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Horse Trails to Regional Rails: The Story of Public Transit in Greater Cleveland
James A. Toman, Blaine S. Hayes
ISBN-10: 0873385470 (cloth)
Kent State University Press, 1996
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Railways in the Netherlands: A Brief History, 1834-1994
Augustus J. Veenendaal, Jr.
ISBN-10: 0804739471 (cloth)
ISBN-13: 9780804739474 (cloth)
Stanford University Press, 2001
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Transport: Waterways & Ports

     See also Books for Understanding: Water: River Systems

Box Boats: How Container Ships Changed the World
Brian J. Cudahy
ISBN-13: 9780823225699 (paper)
Fordham University Press, 2006
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Mixing the Waters: Environment, Politics, and the Building of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway
Jeffery K. Stine
ISBN-13: 9780962262852 (cloth)
ISBN-13: 9780962262869 (paper)
University of Akron Press, 1993
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Utilities

     See also the Books for Understanding: Water: Development

The Grid: A Journey Through the Heart of Our Electrified World
Phillip Schewe
ISBN-10: 030910260X (cloth)
ISBN-13: 9780309102605 (cloth)
National Academies Press/Joseph Henry Press, 2007
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The Culture of Flushing: A Social and Legal History of Sewage
Jamie Benidickson
ISBN-13: 9780774812924 (paper)
University of British Columbia Press, 2007
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White Gold: Hydroelectric Power in Canada
Karl Froschauer
ISBN-13: 9780774807081 (cloth)
ISBN-13: 9780774807098 (paper)
University of British Columbia Press, 1999
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Building New York’s Sewers: The Evolution of Mechanisms of Urban Management
Joanne Abel Goldman
ISBN-13: 9781557530950 (cloth)
Purdue University Press, 1997
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The Thames Embankment: Environment, Technology, and Society in Victorian London
Dale H. Porter
ISBN-13: 9781884836299 (paper)
University of Akron Press, 1998
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Urban Planning and Development

     See also the Books for Understanding: New York City bibliography
     See also the Books for Understanding: New Orleans bibliography

Greater Portland: Urban Life and Landscape in the Pacific Northwest
Carl Abbott
ISBN-13: 9780812236125 (cloth)
ISBN-13: 9780812217797 (paper)
University of Pennsylvania Press, 2001
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Philadelphia: Neighborhoods, Division, and Conflict in a Post-Industrial City
Carolyn Adams, David Bartlelt, David Elesh, Ira Goldstein, Nancy Kleniewski, William Yancey
ISBN-10: 0877228426 (cloth)
ISBN-10: 1566390788 (paper)
Temple University Press, 1991
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Before Renaissance: Planning in Pittsburgh, 1889-1943
John F. Bauman, Edward K. Muller, editors
ISBN-13: 9780822959304 (paper)
University of Pittsburgh Press, 2006
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Rebuilding Urban Places After Disaster: Lessons from Hurricane Katrina
Eugenie L. Birch, Susan M. Wachter, editors
ISBN-10: 0812219805 (paper)
University of Pennsylvania Press, 2006
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City and Environment
Christopher G. Boone, Ali Modarres
ISBN-10: 1592132839 (cloth)
ISBN-10: 1592132847 (paper)
Temple University Press, 2006
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Metropolitan Philadelphia: Living with the Presence of the Past
Steven Conn
ISBN-13: 9780812219432 (paper)
University of Pennsylvania Press, 2006
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Detroit: Race and Uneven Development
Joe T. Darden, Richard Child Hill, June Thomas and Richard Thomas
ISBN-10: 0877224854 (cloth)
ISBN-10: 0877227764 (paper)
Temple University Press, 1987
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Urban Leviathan: Mexico City in the Twentieth Century
Diane E. Davis
ISBN-10: 1566391504 (cloth)
ISBN-10: 1566391512 (paper)
Temple University Press, 1994
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Metropolitan San Diego: How Geography and Lifestyle Shape a New Urban Environment
Larry R. Ford
ISBN-13: 9780812238389 (cloth)
ISBN-13: 9780812218985 (paper)
University of Pennsylvania Press, 2004
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Japanese Cities in the World Economy
Kuniko Fujita, Richard Child Hill, editors
ISBN-10: 1566390346 (cloth)
Temple University Press, 1993
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Greater New Jersey: Living in the Shadow of Gotham
Dennis E. Gale
ISBN-13: 9780812239546 (cloth)
ISBN-13: 9780812219579 (paper)
University of Pennsylvania Press, 2006
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Between Justice and Beauty: Race, Planning, and the Failure of Urban Policy in Washington, D.C.
Howard Gillette, Jr.
ISBN-13: 9780812219586 (paper)
University of Pennsylvania Press, 2006
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Camden After the Fall: Decline and Renewal in a Post-Industrial City
Howard Gillette, Jr.
ISBN-13: 9780812238976 (cloth)
ISBN-13: 9780812219685 (paper)
University of Pennsylvania Press, 2005
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Metropolitan Phoenix: Place Making and Community Building in the Desert
Patricia Gober
ISBN-13: 9780812238990 (cloth)
ISBN-13: 9780812219272 (paper)
University of Pennsylvania Press, 2005
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Mapping Decline: St. Louis and the Fate of the American City
Colin Gordon
ISBN-13: 9780812240702 (cloth)
University of Pennsylvania Press, March 2008
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Atlanta: Race, Class, and Urban Expansion
Larry Keating
ISBN-10: 1566398207 (cloth)
ISBN-10: 1566398215 (paper)
Temple University Press, 2000
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Sprawling Places
David Kolb
ISBN-10: 00820329886 (cloth)
ISBN-10: 0820329894 (paper)
ISBN-13: 9780820329888 (cloth)
ISBN-13: 9780820329895 (paper)
University of Georgia Press, January 2008
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The New Chicago: A Social and Cultural Analysis
John P. Koval, Larry Bennett, Michael I.J. Bennett, Fassil Demissie, Roberta Garner, and Kiljoong Kim, editors
ISBN-10: 1592130870 (cloth)
ISBN-10: 1592130887 (paper)
Temple University Press, 2006
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Making Equity Planning Work: Leadership in the Public Sector
Norman Krumholz, John Forester; foreword by Alan A. Altshuler author info
ISBN-10: 0877227012 (paper)
Temple University Press, 2003
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Reinventing Cities: Equity Planners Tell Their Stories
Norman Krumholz, Pierre Clavel
ISBN-10: 1566392098 (cloth)
ISBN-10: 1566392101 (paper)
Temple University Press, 1994
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Beyond the City Limits: Urban Policy and Economics Restructuring in Comparative Perspective
John R. Logan, Todd Swanstrom, editors
ISBN-10: 0877229449 (paper)
Temple University Press, 1990
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How Cities Work: Suburbs, Sprawl, and the Roads Not Taken
Alex Marshall
ISBN-13: 9780292752405 (paper)
University of Texas Press, 2001
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The University and Urban Revival: Out of the Ivory Tower and Into the Streets
Judith Rodin
ISBN-13: 9780812240221 (cloth)
University of Pennsylvania Press, 2007
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St. Louis: The Evolution of an American Urban Landscape
Eric Sandweiss, Todd Swanstrom, editors
ISBN-10: 1566398851 (cloth)
Temple University Press, 2001
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Empire City: The Making and Meaning of the New York City Landscape
David M. Scobey, Todd Swanstrom, editors
ISBN-10: 1566399505 (cloth)
ISBN-10: 1592132359 (paper)
Temple University Press, 2002
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Chicago: Race, Class, and the Response to Urban Decline
Gregory D. Squires, Larry Bennett, Kathleen McCourt, and Philip Nyden
ISBN-10: 0877224870 (cloth)
ISBN-10: 0877226172 (paper)
Temple University Press, 1987
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From Redlining to Reinvestment
Gregory D. Squires, editor
ISBN-10: 0877229848 (cloth)
ISBN-10: 0877229856 (paper)
Temple University Press, 1992
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What Is a City?: Rethinking the Urban after Hurricane Katrina
Phil Steinberg, Rob Shields
ISBN-10: 0820329649 (cloth)
ISBN-10: 0820330949 (paper)
ISBN-13: 9780820329642 (cloth)
ISBN-13: 9780820330945 (paper)
University of Georgia Press, May 2008
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Theory in Landscape Architecture: A Reader
Simon Swaffield, editor
ISBN-13: 9780812218213 (paper)
University of Pennsylvania Press, 2002
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Farms, Mines, and Main Streets: Uneven Development in a Dakota County
Caroline S. Tauxe
ISBN-10: 1566390702 (cloth)
Temple University Press, 1993
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Greater Boston: Adapting Regional Traditions to the Present
Sam Bass Warner, Jr.
ISBN-13: 9780812236071 (cloth)
ISBN-13: 9780812217698 (paper)
University of Pennsylvania Press, 2001
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The Private City: Philadelphia in Three Periods of Its Growth
Sam Bass Warner, Jr.
ISBN-13: 9780812212433 (cloth)
University of Pennsylvania Press, 1968
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Room 4.1.3: Innovations in Landscape Architecture
Richard Weller
ISBN-13: 9780812237849 (cloth)
University of Pennsylvania Press, 2005
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The Last Landscape
William H. Whyte
ISBN-13: 9780812217995 (paper)
University of Pennsylvania Press, 2002
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