Cities for a Small Planet by Richard Rogers

I’m Reading Cities for a Small Planet by Richard Rogers. This is one of the very first books I read as a young adult about urban planning, and I just love this book and recommend it all the time.

I think Cities for a Small Planet makes a really compelling case that sustainable cities don't require radical redesign, that they just require letting people add thoughtful, human-scale decisions and human-scale housing where it already makes sense.

You know, this book is already, I don't know, 26, 27 years old, but today, in this environment, that often means ADUs or accessory dwelling units, other infill development.

We can see that small homes work for aging parents, caretakers, first-time renters, growing families, and I think Rogers' ideas really hold up. The future of housing is incremental, local, and rooted in better zoning, so strongly recommend Cities for a Small Planet by Richard Rogers

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