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The Death and Life of Great American Cities

Af: Jane Jacobs Engelsk Paperback

The Death and Life of Great American Cities

Af: Jane Jacobs Engelsk Paperback
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In this classic text, Jane Jacobs set out to produce an attack on current city planning and rebuilding and to introduce new principles by which these should be governed. The result is one of the most stimulating books on cities ever written.

Throughout the post-war period, planners temperamentally unsympathetic to cities have been let loose on our urban environment. Inspired by the ideals of the Garden City or Le Corbusier''s Radiant City, they have dreamt up ambitious projects based on self-contained neighbourhoods, super-blocks, rigid ''scientific'' plans and endless acres of grass. Yet they seldom stop to look at what actually works on the ground.

The real vitality of cities, argues Jacobs, lies in their diversity, architectural variety, teeming street life and human scale. It is only when we appreciate such fundamental realities that we can hope to create cities that are safe, interesting and economically viable, as well as places that people want to live in.

''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

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In this classic text, Jane Jacobs set out to produce an attack on current city planning and rebuilding and to introduce new principles by which these should be governed. The result is one of the most stimulating books on cities ever written.

Throughout the post-war period, planners temperamentally unsympathetic to cities have been let loose on our urban environment. Inspired by the ideals of the Garden City or Le Corbusier''s Radiant City, they have dreamt up ambitious projects based on self-contained neighbourhoods, super-blocks, rigid ''scientific'' plans and endless acres of grass. Yet they seldom stop to look at what actually works on the ground.

The real vitality of cities, argues Jacobs, lies in their diversity, architectural variety, teeming street life and human scale. It is only when we appreciate such fundamental realities that we can hope to create cities that are safe, interesting and economically viable, as well as places that people want to live in.

''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

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 480
ISBN-13: 9781847926180
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 1847926185
Kategori: United States of America, USA
Udg. Dato: 19 mar 2020
Længde: 36mm
Bredde: 161mm
Højde: 230mm
Forlag: Vintage Publishing
Oplagsdato: 19 mar 2020
Forfatter(e): Jane Jacobs
Forfatter(e) Jane Jacobs

Kategori United States of America, USA

ISBN-13 9781847926180

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 480

Udgave

Længde 36mm

Bredde 161mm

Højde 230mm

Udg. Dato 19 mar 2020

Oplagsdato 19 mar 2020

Forlag Vintage Publishing