Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design
ISBN: 0374168237
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saraid216 · 2014-02-16 · Original thread
Happy City is one of the better "published in the last year" books on the topic:

http://www.amazon.com/Happy-City-Transforming-Through-Design...

saraid216 · 2014-02-09 · Original thread
I mentioned these books below, but they serve as a reasonably comprehensive answer to this question:

* http://www.amazon.com/Walkable-City-Downtown-Save-America/dp... (Warning: Speck's tone is pretty bad.)

* http://www.amazon.com/Happy-City-Transforming-Through-Design...

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