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Bookmark or Share- Jane Jacobs - WikipediaJane Jacobs OC OOnt (née Butzner; 4 May 1916 – 25 April 2006) was an American-Canadian journalist, author, theorist, and activist who influenced urban studies, sociology, and economics. Her book The Death and Life of Great American Cities (1961) argued that " urban renewal " and " slum clearance " did not respect the needs of city-dwellers.
- The Death and Life of Great American Cities - WikipediaThe Death and Life of Great American Cities is a 1961 book by writer and activist Jane Jacobs. The book is a critique of 1950s urban planning policy, which it holds responsible for the decline of many city neighborhoods in the United States. The book is Jacobs' best-known and most influential work.
- Jane Jacobs | Urban planning, Architecture, Activism | BritannicaJane Jacobs (born May 4, 1916, Scranton, Pa., U.S.—died April 25, 2006, Toronto, Ont., Can.) was an American-born Canadian urbanologist noted for her clear and original observations on urban life and its problems. After graduating from high school, Butzner worked at the Scranton Tribune.
- Jane Jacobs: New Urbanist Who Transformed City PlanningAmerican and Canadian writer and activist Jane Jacobs transformed the field of urban planning with her writing about American cities and her grass-roots organizing. She led resistance to the wholesale replacement of urban communities with high rise buildings and the loss of community to expressways.
- 'Eyes On The Street' Details Jane Jacobs' Efforts To Put ...Three Lions/Getty Images. The 18-year-old Jane Jacobs picked a lousy time to leave her hometown of Scranton, Pa., and move to New York City. It was the fall of 1934 and New York was dragging...
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