A City Beautiful Dream: The 1912 Vision for Colorado Springs    by Charles Mulford Robinson
Price: $4.99 USD. 47310 words. Language: English. Published by Pikes Peak Library District on November 23, 2012. Nonfiction » History » North America.
The city’s potential was clear to civic architect Charles Mulford Robinson, though he acknowledged the city’s previous planning mistakes and ill-conceived design choices, like the grid of wide streets and the “unfortunate spacing” of median “parking strips” on Cascade Avenue. Robinson’s recommendations, reproduced as this book, were formed from his observations described in two reports.

Housing Policy and the Dynamics of Housing Delivery in Nigeria: Lagos State as Case Study    by Lanre Towry-Coker
Price: $12.99 USD. 74650 words. Language: English. Published by MakeWay Publishing  on August 7, 2012. Nonfiction » Art, Architecture, Photography » Architecture.
This book examines issues such as the problem of inadequate quality housing, evolution of slums and squatter settlements, problem of land and funding for housing, urban poverty, educational factors and the specific demographic characteristics of Lagos urban residents. Also, there is a re-examination of the contribution of the National Housing Programmes and Policies to housing delivery in Lagos.