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Jane Jacobs
Urban theorist
Jane Jacobs · Urban theorist
Jane Jacobs's Home Page
Jane Jacobs was an American-Canadian journalist, author, and activist best known for her influence on urban studies. Her influential book The Death and Life of Great American Cities (1961) argued that urban renewal did not respect the needs of mos...
Home page · 2022-05-30
Jane Jacobs · Urban theorist
Local Economies
By dissecting how cities and their economies emerge and grow, Jacobs cast new light on the nature of local economies. She contested the assumptions that cities are a product of agricultural advancement; that specialized, highly efficient economies...
Project · 2021-01-10
Jane Jacobs · Urban theorist
The Case for Higher Density
Although orthodox planning theory had blamed high density for crime, filth, and a host of other problems, Jacobs disproved these assumptions and demonstrated how a high concentration of people is vital for city life, economic growth, and prosperit...
Project · 2021-01-10
Jane Jacobs · Urban theorist
Bottom-Up Community Planning
Jacobs contested the traditional planning approach that relies on the judgment of outside experts, proposing that local expertise is better suited to guiding community development. She based her writing on empirical experience and observation, not...
Project · 2021-01-10
Jane Jacobs · Urban theorist
Mixed-Use Development
Jacobs advocated for "mixed-use" urban development – the integration of different building types and uses, whether residential or commercial, old or new. According to this idea, cities depend on a diversity of buildings, residences, businesses and...
Project · 2021-01-10
Jane Jacobs · Urban theorist
Cities as Ecosystems
Jacobs approached cities as living beings and ecosystems. She suggested that over time, buildings, streets and neighborhoods function as dynamic organisms, changing in response to how people interact with them. She explained how each element of a ...
Project · 2021-01-10
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