The Death and Life of Great American Cities : txt
Jane Jacobs ; with a new foreword by the author.
- Modern Library edition
- xxiv, 598 p. 20 cm. book
Originally published: New York : Random House, 1961. Includes index.
Contents : 1 Introduction 5 -- Part One The Peculiar Nature of Cities : 2 The uses of sidewalks: safety 37 -- 3 The uses of sidewalks: contact 72 -- 4 The uses of sidewalks: assimilating children 97 -- 5 The uses of neighborhoods parks 116 -- 6 The uses of city neighborhoods 146 -- Part Two The Conditions for City Diversity : 7 The generators of diversity 187 -- 8 The need for mixed primary uses -- 9 The need for small blocks 233 -- 10 The need for aged buildings 244 -- 11 The need for concentration 261 -- 12 Some myths about diversity 290 -- Part Three Forces of Decline and Regeneration : 13 The self-destruction of diversity 315 -- 14 The curse of border vacuums 336 -- 15 Unslumming and slumming 353 -- 16 Gradual money and cataclysmic money 380 -- Part Four Different Tactics : 17 Subsidizing dwellings 417 -- 18 Erosion of cities or attrition of automobiles 440 -- 19 Visual order: its limitations and possibilities 485 -- 20 Salvaging projects 511 -- 21 Governing and planning districts 527 -- 22 The kind of problem a city is 558 -- Index 587 --
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City planning--United States. Cities and towns Urban policy--United States. Urban renewal--United States.