Since 2015, the Island Press Urban Resilience Project (URP) has worked to imagine and inspire the sustainable, equitable, resilient cities of the future. The project brings together thought leaders with a broad range of expertise to generate and cross-pollinate ideas.

The idea of America as a "city on a hill" is a powerful, enduring metaphor, and in this episode, we explore the concept through an urban planning lens.

Walkable City champions the idea that creating pedestrian-friendly environments is crucial for building vibrant, healthy, and economically successful cities. Speck's core argument, known as the "general theory of walkability," states that a city will be more walkable if walking is useful, safe, comfortable, and interesting.

What makes a city prosperous? Is it a bustling economy, high employment rates, or simply a lot of new construction? We answer these questions by speaking with with Bill Fulton on his book Place and Prosperity.

Rothstein's central argument, powerfully explored in the podcast, is that racial segregation in the U.S. is not accidental. It wasn't simply a matter of individual choices or economic factors.

Behind every successful city is thoughtful planning for the future, but it’s not enough to just plan for the future of communities, we also need to plan with the future. We need to image what the future might look like to shape it in a responsible, sustainable, and equitable way.

The book A Decent Home is both a practical guide and an introduction to housing policy for urban planners.

Cities of Tomorrow explores contrasting urban visions, such as the anarchist-inspired garden city movement of Ebenezer Howard and the totalitarian vision of Le Corbusier's "Radiant City." Hall contrasts the creation of self-sufficient communities with the large-scale, top-down approach of monumental city planning.

"Missing middle housing" is a term that describes a range of multi-unit buildings, such as duplexes, triplexes, and townhomes, that are compatible in scale with single-family homes but provide a wider variety of housing types.