Read chapter 1: The Making of an Urbanist from William Fulton's book, Place and Prosperity: How Cities Help Us to Connect and Innovate
https://islandpress.org/books/place-and-prosperity
"Place and Prosperity reminds me of Bill Fulton himself: straight-forward and interestingly nuanced, deeply insightful and provocatively contrarian, sometimes skeptical and always hopeful. Fulton's gift is that he understands people and therefore understands cities. He connects the quest for prosperity, peace, and freedom in our society to the quality of life in our urban places. This book is actually a chronicle of his life envisioning livable communities in order to create better chances in life for everyone."
Henry Cisneros, former Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development and former mayor of San Antonio, Texas