Jane Jacobs

Perhaps the most influential single work in the history of town planning... Jacobs has a powerful sense of narrative, a lively wit, a talent for surprise and the ability to touch the emotions as well as the mind - New York Times Book Review In this classic text, Jane Jacobs set out to produce an attack on current city planning...

Compassionate, bracingly indignant, and keenly detailed, a monumental work that provides an essential framework for assessing the vitality of all cities."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 TimesA direct and fundamentally optimistic indictment of the short-sightedness and intellectual arrogance that has...