A practicing architect and planner and a founder of the Congress for the New Urbanism, he advocates smart growth in the form of dense, mixed-use, pedestrian-friendly communities.(Books: Sustainable Communities; The Next American Metropolis; Ecology, Community, and the American Dream; The Regional City).
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- The Next American Metropolis A review of the 1993 Peter Calthorpe book by Scott London.
- Peter Calthorpe: The Way Cities Oughta Be Peter Gauvin interviews the design consultant behind Palo Alto's Comprehensive Plan revision, who also coauthored the book "Sustainable Communities".
- A Different Kind of Urb New York Times book review and sample chapter from The Regional City.