The Death and Life of Great American Cities
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"The most refreshing, provacative, stimulating and exciting study of this [great problem] which I have seen. It fairly crackles with bright honesty and common sense." —The New York Times
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.
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| Main Specification | |
|---|---|
| 发布日期 | 1992年 联合国 or 12月1号 |
| 品牌 | Jane Jacobs |
| 项目重量 | 2.31英镑 |
| Product information | |
| 语言 | 联合国 |
| Others | |
| 产品类型 | Urban & Land Use Planning |
| 编辑 | 重新印发e |
| 出版商 | 阴性 |
| 打印长度 | 458 pages |
| ISBN 10 (英语). | 067974195X |
| ISBN 13 (英语). | 978-0679741954 |
| 尺寸 | 5.12 x 1.02 x 7.96 inches |
| ISBN 10 (英语). | 067974195X |
| ISBN 13 (英语). | 978-0679741954 |