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Text and black and white illustrations show how the Romans planned and constructed their cities for the people who lived within them.

Ember, built as a last refuge for the human race, is running out of power two hundred years later, but twelve-year-old Lina thinks there may yet be hope when she finds part of an ancient message that may hold a key to getting out of the city.

In the year 241, twelve-year-old Lina trades jobs on Assignment Day to be a Messenger to run to new places in her decaying but beloved city, perhaps even to glimpse Unknown Regions.

Text and drawings describe the subways, sewers, building foundations, telephone and power systems, columns, cables, pipes, tunnels, and other underground elements of a large modern city.

A companion volume to the PBS series in which architectural historians examine America's architectural environment.

Examines the life and accomplishments of Jane Jacobs, and focuses on her book, "The Death and Life of Great American Cities," in which she assessed American cities during the urban renewal movement and criticized the replacement structures and urban planners.

A collection of articles that examines agricultural innovations which are being used to eradicate hunger and poverty, discussing cropping methods, irrigation technology, agricultural policies, and more.

Authors present differing opinions on whether cities are more sustainable than suburbs, whether green city transportation has drawbacks, and whether green cities must serve people instead of cars.

Explores the vast array of interconnected systems that work together to run a city, taking care of the citizens' most basic needs and providing the building blocks of urban life.

Discusses how the ways that we think about environmentalism has affected the designs of towns and cities.

Examines the art of city planning as it was in ancient times, and describes some of the oldest planned cities, now in ruins, of Greece, the Roman Empire, Egypt, and Mesopotamia.

Tells the story of the nation's capitol, beginning with the vision of French architect Pierre Charles L'Enfant, and looking at the events, additions, and revisions that have shaped the city into its modern form.

Presents the history of Rome from architectural, historical, political, and social perspectives.