The death and life of great American cities /

By: Jacobs, Jane, 1916-Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Pimlico, 2000Description: 474p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 9780712665834 (pbk.) :Subject(s): City planning -- United States | Cities and towns -- United States | SocietyDDC classification: 307.760973 LOC classification: HT167 | .J33 2000Summary: In this groundbreaking study, Jacobs offers a real alternative to conventional city planning. Herself a city dweller, she asks what makes cities work. The solutions she proposes represent a break with the accepted norm, and have made this book a classic.
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Originally published: New York: Random House, 1961; London: Jonathan Cape, 1962.

Includes index.

In this groundbreaking study, Jacobs offers a real alternative to conventional city planning. Herself a city dweller, she asks what makes cities work. The solutions she proposes represent a break with the accepted norm, and have made this book a classic.