Atlanta Urbanist Book Group
A Better Atlanta, One Book at a Time
Our mission at the Atlanta Urbanist Book Group is to introduce new ideas to Urban Atlanta by reading recent books about cities, identifying the ideas we think would work in Atlanta, and offering civic leaders a guide to these ideas.
We define “urbanism” broadly. We are reading books about transportation, land use, housing, public safety, government reform, neighborhoods, social infrastructure, education, economic development, regionalism, diversity, politics, arts and culture, volunteerism, and more.
Our aim isn’t to review books but to show how their ideas apply to Atlanta today and suggest ways of moving from good ideas to good actions.
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Next Book: Urban Jungle: The History and Future of Nature in the City
May 6, 2026
We will discuss a book about things we usually see as mutually exclusive: nature and cities. They aren’t as separate as we may think. In fact, cities teem today with plant life, insects and wildlife. And for the sake of cities, the author argues, we need them to teem even more.
Ben Wilson is a British historian who has written six previous books, including a well-regarded history of cities.
In our discussion, we’ll look for lessons for Urban Atlanta in this book about nature and the city.