The good city : reflections and imaginations / Allan B. Jacobs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jacobs, Allan B., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

City planning.

City and town life.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Cities, Allan B. Jacobs contends, ought to be magnificent, beautiful places to live. They should be places where people can be fulfilled, where they can be what they can be, where there is freedom, love, ideas, excitement, quiet and joy. Cities ought to be the ultimate manifestation of society's collective achievements.Allan B. Jacobs is one of the world's best known planners and urban design practitioners, with a long and distinguished international career. Drawing on his professional experience of almost sixty years, Jacobs guides the reader through the lessons he's learnt a

Contents:

pt. 1. Experiencing cities : an introduction

pt. 2. Learning from Calcutta

pt. 3. Learning in Italy

pt. 4. City people : fragments

pt. 5. Breaking and making community

pt. 6. World-class cities

pt. 7. City certainties

pt. 8. San Francisco

pt. 9. The good city.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-43527-6

9786613435279

1-136-86015-0

0-203-83596-4

9780203835968

OCLC:

773564654