The Urban Wisdom of Jane Jacobs
By: edited by Sonia Hirt with Diane Zahm
Series: Planning, History and Environment
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Format: Print book
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780415525992; 9780203095171
Subjects: City planning; Urban policy; Urban renewal
Description: Here for the first time is a thoroughly interdisciplinary and international examination of Jane Jacobs’s legacy. Divided into four parts: I. Jacobs, Urban Philosopher; II. Jacobs, Urban Economist; II. Jacobs, Urban Sociologist; and IV. Jacobs, Urban Designer, the book evaluates the impact of Jacobs’s writings and activism on the city, the professions dedicated to city-building and, more generally, on human thought. Together, the editors and contributors highlight the notion that Jacobs’s influence goes beyond planning to philosophy, economics, sociology and design. They set out to answer such questions as: What explains Jacobs’s lasting appeal and is it justified? Where was she right and where was she wrong? What were the most important themes she addressed? And, although Jacobs was best known for her work on cities, is it correct to say that she was a much broader thinker, a philosopher, and that the key to her lasting legacy is precisely her exceptional breadth of thought?
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index, illustrations and maps.