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A direct and fundamentally optimistic indictment of the short-sightedness and intellectual arrogance that has characterized much of urban planning in this century, The Death and Life of Great American Cities has, since its first publication in 1961, become the standard against which all endeavors in that field are measured. In prose of outstanding immediacy, Jane Jacobs writes about what makes streets safe or unsafe; about what constitutes a neighborhood, and what function it serves within the larger organism of the city; about why some neighborhoods remain impoverished while others regenerate themselves. She writes about the salutary role of funeral parlors and tenement windows, the dangers of too much development money and too little diversity. Compassionate, bracingly indignant, and always keenly detailed. Jane Jacob's monumental work provides an essential framework for assessing the vitality of cities.
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The death and life of great American cities
2011, Modern Library
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Déclin et survie des grandes villes américaines
April 1, 1995, Mardaga
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The death and life of great American cities
1993, Modern Library
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1992, Vintage Books
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"This book is an attack on current city planning and rebuilding."
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Originally published: New York : Random House, [1961].
Includes index.
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