Discover the City is intended to be a guided tour of the elements that create our built environment. Buildings, transportation, and parks create many of the physical elements that we interact with and experience every day. They make up the buildings we work, live, and entertain ourselves in and they are the transportation systems that provide us access and opportunity to wealth of resources that our built environment provides. The people, communities, and economic forces can shape how we experience these elements by creating connections and determining the opportunities that are available to us. Where we live and how we engage with the built environment is one of the most important aspects of our lives.

Discover the City provides a comprehensive analysis of the elements that create the places we live, work, and entertain. This includes the physical elements but also how they shape our experiences, particularly through the lens of equity. The book is also designed to study the experiential quality of our built environment and how that quality can be different from our suburbs to the heart of our major cities.