Book · Cities and Urbanism
The Death and Life of Great American Cities
Jane Jacobs
Still one of the clearest guides to seeing the city at street level.
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Reviews and reading notes on development, capital, architecture, African cities, and the systems around them.
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Book · Urban Economics
Order Without Design
Alain Bertaud
A disciplined bridge between urban form, mobility, land markets, and affordability.
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Book · Architecture and Design
The Image of the City
Kevin Lynch
A compact vocabulary for understanding how people remember and navigate place.
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Reading list · African Real Estate
Reading African Cities
The Development Playbook
A starting shelf for understanding growth beyond imported urban assumptions.
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