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Jane Jacobs

Jane Jacobs (born Jane Butzner; May 4, 1916 – April 25, 2006) was a Canadian and American 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 most city-dwellers. The book also introduced sociology concepts such as "eyes on the street" and "social capital".

Jacobs was well known for organizing grassroots efforts to protect existing neighborhoods from "slum clearance" – and particularly for her opposition to Robert Moses in his plans to overhaul her neighborhood, Greenwich Village. She was instrumental in the eventual cancellation of the Lower Manhattan Expressway, which would have passed directly through SoHo and Little Italy, and was arrested in 1968 for inciting a crowd at a public hearing on the project. After moving to Toronto in 1968, she joined the opposition to the Spadina Expressway and the associated network of expressways in Toronto planned and under construction.

As a mother and a female writer who criticized experts in the male-dominated field of urban planning, Jacobs endured scorn from established figures, who called her a "housewife" and a "crazy dame." She did not have a college degree, or any formal training in urban planning, and was criticized for being unscholarly and imprecise. She was also accused of inattention to racial inequality, and her concept of "unslumming" has been compared with gentrification.

Source: Jane Jacobs. (2016, May 4). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 10:55, May 4, 2016, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jane_Jacobs&oldid=718578863

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Born 4 May 1916
Died 25 April 2006

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  • Cover of: The death and life of great American cities

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Born 4 May 1916
Died 25 April 2006

Subjects

City planning, History, Urban renewal, Architecture, Autonomy and independence movements, Cities and towns, Federal government, Rénovation urbaine, Sociologie urbaine, Urban policy, Villes, Cities and towns, united states, City planning, united states, Economics, Essays, Geography, Jacobs, jane, 1916-2006, Long Now Manual for Civilization, New York Times reviewed, Politics and government, Politique urbaine, Public Policy, SOCIAL SCIENCE, Social aspects, Sociology, urban

Places

United States, Canada, Australia, Brisbane (Qld.), England, London, North America, Perth (W.A.), Québec (Province), United Stated, États-Unis

People

Jane Jacobs (1916-2006)

Time

1945-, 1960-

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  • Джейн Джекобс
  • Jane Margaret Jacobs
  • Jane M. Jacobs

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