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1961 book critiquing American urban redevelopment policies
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The Death and Life of Great American Cities
Hardcover edition
Author
Jane Jacobs
Language
English
Subject
Urban planning
Publisher
Random House, New York City
Publication date
1961
Publication place
United States
Media type
Print
Pages
458 (1989 edition)
ISBN
0-679-74195-X
OCLC
500754
Followed by
The Economy of Cities
The 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.[1] The book is Jacobs' best-known and most influential work.[2]
Jacobs was a critic of "rationalist" planners of the 1950s and 1960s, especially Robert Moses, as well as the earlier work of Le Corbusier. She argued that modernist urban planning overlooked and oversimplified the complexity of human lives in diverse communities. She opposed large-scale urban renewal programs that affected entire neighborhoods and built freeways through inner cities. She instead advocated for dense mixed-use development and walkable streets, with the "eyes on the street" of passers-by helping to maintain public order.
^"Jane Jacobs' Radical Legacy". Peter Dreier. Summer 2006. Archived from the original on 2006-09-28. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
^Douglas, Martin (April 26, 2006). "Jane Jacobs, Urban Activist, Is Dead at 89". The New York Times. Retrieved February 17, 2016.
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