Definitely a great book. If you're interested in human-scale development, you should definitely check out the writings of Leopold Kohr (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopold_Kohr). E.F. Schumacher (of "Small is Beautiful" fame) was one of his students and Kohr writes even closer to the bone.
His books (my favorite: "The Overdeveloped Nations") are not only extremly insightful but actually fun to read.
His books (my favorite: "The Overdeveloped Nations") are not only extremly insightful but actually fun to read.