Library
LIBRARY OF MY FAVORITE RESOURCES ON URBAN MATTERS
I love reading and life-long learning, but as a ‘digital nomad’ I cannot carry all my books around the world. Therefore, I have made my digital library here. It includes books, papers, resources, etc that I’ve enjoyed reading, I’m in the process, or are up on my reading list.
Whatever is here I find really interesting, thought-provoking, and these works have influenced the way I think and work. So, I’m happy to share this selection of my favourite books, feel free to ‘grab’ whatever got your attention from the ‘shelf’, and of course, share your thoughts afterwards! Let’s speak about URBAN MATTERS!
Books
Urban
- The Right to the City –David Harvey
- The Global City – Saskia Sassen
- The Production of Space – Henri Lefebvre
- If Mayors ruled the world – Benjamin Barber
- Financialization of housing book list: In every major city in the world there is a housing crisis. How did this happen and what can we do about it?
Economics:
- Capital in the 21st Century -Thomas Piketty
- Capital and Ideology -Thomas Piketty
- Moral Capitalism – Stephen. B. Young
- Foundational Economy – The Foundational Economy Collective
- The value of everything – Marianna Mazzucato
- Mission Economy: A moonshot guide to changing capitalism – Marianna Mazzucato
- Small is Beautiful: Economics as if people mattered – E.F. Schumacher
- Doughnut Economics: 7 Ways to Think like a 21st Century Economist – Kate Raworth
- Prosperity Without Growth – Tim Jackson
- Our Lives in their Portfolios: Why Asset Managers Own the World – Brett Christophers
Society
- La rebelión de las ratas – Fernando Soto Aparicio
- The Grapes of Wrath (Las uvas de la Ira) – John Steinbeck
- Piel Negra Mascaras Blancas – Frank Fanon
- Los condenados de la tierra – Frank Fanon
- Bombay to Mumbai: Changing Perspectives – Rahul Mehrotra
- Las venas abiertas de America Latina – Eduardo Galeano
- Guns, Germs and Steel – Jared Diamond
Climate
- Our final warning: Six Degrees of Climate Emergency – Mark Lynas
- The Ministry for the Future – Kim Stanley Robinson
Philosophy
- Sophie’s World – Jostein Gaarder
- Siddhartha – Hermann Hesse
- Meditations – Marcus Aurelius
- Tao Te Ching – Lao Tzu
- Báyò Akómoláfé
Reports:
- The GOLD Reports – UCLG & KNOW
- My home is an asset class – THE GREENS/EFA
- (developing section….)
Authors & Influencers:
Critical urban studies:
- Manuel Castells
- David Harvey
- Henri Lefebvre
- Michel De Certeau
- Saskia Sassen
- Richard Sennet
- Edward Soja
- Doreen Massey
- Jennifer Robinson
- Benjamin Barber
- Eric Corijn
Economy & Society:
- Michel Foucault
- Karl Marx
- Friedrich Engels
- Karl Polanyi
- Sigmund Freud
- John Locke
- Slavoj Žižek
- Noam Chomsky
- Marianna Mazzucato
International Development:
- Amartya Sen
- Samir Amin
- Raúl Prebisch
- Carlos Taibo
- Rafael Diaz-Balart
- Estanislao Zuleta
- Boaventura de Santos Sousa
- Jeffrey Sachs
Inspirational leaders:
- Kofi Annan
- Nelson Mandela
- MLK Jr.
- José «Pepe» Mujica
- Barack Obama
- Simon Sinek
- Oprah Winfrey
- Megan Rapinoe
- Jacinda Ardern
- Sanna Marin