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1. Can you be an urbanist and still like cities?

Author

Ehrenhalt, Alan

Subjects
City planners -- Influence, City planning -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Business, Government
Abstract

The influence of Jane Jacobs on US urban planning and design is discussed, in the light of the 40th anniversary of her classic work, 'The Death and Life of Great American Cities'. Jacobs favoured mixed-used developments, and saw that street life and people at leisure are a vital part of cities.

Published
2001

2. Jane Jacobs: Longtime seer of a vibrant, urban future

Author

Bishop, Bill

Subjects
Urban renewal -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, City planning -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Jacobs, Jane -- Influence
Abstract

These two sentences locked my wheels: 'To seek the 'causes' of poverty ... is to enter an intellectual dead end because poverty has no causes. Only prosperity has causes.' Whoa. […]

Published
1997

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