Author Chuck Marohn is no stranger to civil engineering and his insights on how cities are built and maintained offer a point of view that I've never considered before.

As a reader living in North America if you aren't already following the trend of new urbanism, you need to go into this with an open mind. This book presents ideas on city development that go against most people's core beliefs, and many will find themselves unable to grasp that radical change is required. You will learn that after decades of unending growth, we are about to find ourselves in a situation where cities can no longer sustain themselves and the cracks are already beginning to show.

This book and the author have completely changed the way I look at cities.