In Becoming Jane Jacobs, an intellectual biography of the great urbanist, Peter L. Laurence asserts that The Death and Life of Great American Cities was not the spontaneous epiphany of an amateur activist but the product of a professional writer with deep knowledge about the renewal and dynamics of American cities.
Introduction. The Unknown Jane Jacobs
Chapter 1. To the City
Chapter 2. The Education of a City Naturalist
Chapter 3. "We Inaugurate Architectural Criticism"
Chapter 4. Advocating the "City-Planner Approach"
Chapter 5. "Seeds of Self-Regeneration" for City Deserts
Chapter 6. Urban Sprawl, Urban Design, and Urban Renewal
Chapter 7. A New System of Thought
Conclusion. A Vita Activa and Contemplativa
Sources and Abbreviations
Notes
Index
Acknowledgments
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Becoming Jane Jacobs von Peter L. Laurence - mit der ISBN: 9780812292466
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