Bradley Calvert is a planning and urban design professional, and lecturer at California State University - Northridge. Having worked in multiple cities across the United States, including Atlanta, Seattle, Los Angeles, and Boston he provides a perspective of the many different types of cities and urban forms that define where we live and how we experience the built environment. Using this experience, this textbook seeks to define the experiential qualities of the urban environment, the consequences of our suburban sprawl, and the many factors that have shaped, formed, and engineered how and where we live. He has led planning initiatives to create new urban communities and transformative public spaces and transportation options, winning awards and competitions from the American Planning Association, United States Green Building Council, and Georgia Transit Association. Bradley has a Master of City and Regional Planning from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.