Write a book review of the Happy City book by Charles Montgomery. The book highlights many of the concepts we cover in this course in a non-academic way, while also inspiring your creativity towards the field of Urban Planning. The information and examples found in the book will also help you with quizzes and the final project. Please note that this is one of two substantive papers for this course and is between 4-6 pages long.
In your review, you must include the following:
The target audience for the book (planners, general public, activists, scholars, etc.)
Explain why the chosen target audience is the intended audience.
The thesis of the book (what does the author plan to prove)
What is the main point or take away?
Support your claim, provide an explanation and examples.
Style of the book (how is the book written)
Important quotes and why they are important
Why is this book important? Or Not important?
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