Jeff Speck
Jeff Speck is a TED speaker who has written 1 quality-verified book, paired here with their talks.
Jeff Speck is a city planner and architectural designer who, through writing, lectures, and built work, advocates internationally for more walkable cities. As Director of Design at the National Endowment for the Arts from 2003 through 2007, he oversaw the Mayors' Institute on City Design and created the Governors' Institute on Community Design, a federal program that helps state governors fight suburban sprawl. Prior to joining the Endowment, Speck spent ten years as Director of Town Planning at Duany Plater-Zyberk and Co., a leading practitioner of the New Urbanism, where he led or managed more than forty of the firm's projects. Speck is the co-author of Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream as well as The Smart Growth Manual. His latest book, Walkable City -- which Christian Science Monitor calls "timely and important, a delightful, insightful, irreverent work" -- has been the best-selling city-planning title of this decade.
TED talks by Jeff Speck
- 4 ways to make a city more walkable (2017)
- The walkable city (2013)
Books by Jeff Speck
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Frequently asked questions
What books has Jeff Speck written?
Jeff Speck has written 1 book in the Books Worth Reading catalogue: "Walkable city". It is quality-verified and paired with their TED talk.
What does Jeff Speck write about?
Jeff Speck's books on Books Worth Reading cover Business & Economics.
What is Jeff Speck known for?
Jeff Speck has spent his career challenging the fundamental assumptions Americans hold about how cities should be designed and how people should live. As a city planner and architectural designer who has influenced urban policy at the highest levels through his work at the National Endowment for the...
What is Jeff Speck's TED talk?
Jeff Speck's most-watched TED talk is "4 ways to make a city more walkable" (2017). It is paired with their book on Books Worth Reading.