I've managed to snaffle a copy of the reading list from the MA Urban Design course at UCE. I offer it here as inspiration to anyone looking for new stuff to put on their Amazon wish list:

PDF link: MA_UrbanDesign_ReadingList_2005.pdf

It seems that post-modernity is the theme du jour. I can help out with a couple of books on the list - see my previous post on 'Postmodernism for Beginners' and the subsequent (more useful and more academic) notes by Peter.