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The urban wisdom of Jane Jacobs / edited by Sonia Hirt with Diane Zahm.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Planning, history, and the environment series.
- Planning, history and environment series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- City planning.
- Urban renewal.
- Urban policy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (279 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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 su
- Contents:
- pt. I. Jane Jacobs, urban philosopher
- pt. II. Jane Jacobs, urban economist
- pt. III. Jane Jacobs, urban sociologist
- pt. IV. Jane Jacobs, urban designer.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-136-21189-6
- 1-283-64346-4
- 0-203-09517-0
- 1-136-21190-X
- 9780203095171
- OCLC:
- 813005293
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