Contents // xi Foreword by Jan Gehl // Preface // Introduction // 9 Being Neighbors // 15 Building Blocks // Living Locally in an Urbanizing World // 89 The Time of Your Life 141 Layering Life 205 Soft is Hard to Break // 93 Getting About and Getting On 147 Living with the Weather 211 Nine Criteria // in a Congested and Segregated World in a Time of Climate Change for Livable Urban Density // 233 Notes //