Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Vital little plans Vital little plans Will Self,Jane Jacobs,Samuel Zipp,Nathan Storring A survey of Jacobs's career in forty short pieces that have never been collected in a single volume: essays, articles, speeches, interviews, and lectures, covering her work in urban and economic plan… OL20040663W
Edge of empire Edge of empire Jane Jacobs Edge of Empire examines struggles over urban space in four contemporary first world cities: two sites in London and two sites in the Australian cities of Perth and Brisbane. Through these examples th… OL3231284W
Dark age ahead Dark age ahead Jane Jacobs Dark Age Ahead is a 2004 book by Jane Jacobs describing what she sees as the decay of five key "pillars" in "North America": community and family, higher education, science and technology, taxes and … OL93637W
Cities and the wealth of nations Cities and the wealth of nations Jane Jacobs Analyzes the economic functions, powers and limitations of cities and the uneasy relationship of cities with the national governments that preside over them. OL93638W
The death and life of great American cities The death and life of great American cities Jane Jacobs,Gerd Albers The Death and Life of Great American Cities was described by The New York Times as “perhaps the most influential single work in the history of town planning. . . . [It] can also be seen in a much lar… OL93641W