Title:
The death and life of great American cities / Jane Jacobs.
ISBN:
9780679741954
Personal Author:
Edition:
1st Vintage books edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Vintage Books, 1992.
©1989
Physical Description:
458 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
General Note:
Originally published: New York : Random House, [1961].
Includes index.
Contents:
Introduction -- Part 1. The peculiar nature of cities. The uses of sidewalks : safety ; The uses of sidewalks : contact ; The uses of sidewalks : assimilating children ; The uses of neighborhood parks ; The uses of city neighborhoods -- Part 2. The conditions for city diversity. The generators of diversity ; The need for primary mixed uses ; The need for small blocks ; The need for aged buildings ; The need for concentration ; Some myths about diversity --
Part 3. Forces of decline and regeneration. The self-destruction of diversity ; The curse of border vacuums ; Unslumming and slumming ; Gradual money and cataclysmic money -- Part 4. Different tactics. Subsidizing dwellings ; Erosion of cities or attrition of automobiles ; Visual order : its limitations and possibilities ; Salvaging projects ; Governing and planning districts ; The kind of problem a city is.
Summary:
Penetrating analysis of the functions and organization of city neighborhoods, the forces of deterioration and regeneration, and the necessary planning innovations.
Electronic Access:
Sample text http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/samples/random042/92050082.htmlContributor biographical information http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/bios/random051/92050082.html
Publisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/random045/92050082.html
OCLC Number:
ocm26213966
Availability:
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