Lewis Mumford on The City

Outlines the opposed natures — creative and destructive — of the city throughout history, focusing on the elements that created the first cities about...

A study of an old but still-growing problem: how to ensure the city is accessible to all without allowing cars to make it congested and uninhabitable.

Explores the tension and mutual dependence of urban and rural areas. How can sprawling metropolitan regions maintain or restore the balance?

A study of the growing sterility, dullness and congestion that is destroying the vitality, variety and human scale that once made cities physically at...

Contrasts the squalor of the working poor with the relative safety and security of the wealthy, asking what can be done to address "the spirit of soci...

An outline of the prospects for the city and some suggestions to restore its role as the focus of man's highest achievements.