She also defines a new paradigm for urban planning, based in people and the complex truth of cities, which she sees as a “problem of organized complexity.” Throughout the work, she argues that solving the problems of urban life requires a more in depth understanding of the interactions of people and the built environment on every scale.ĭeath and Life includes a number of specific criticisms of the planning environment of the mid-20 th century, starting from one of the significant trends of the time. These ideas, Jacobs argues, are paternalistic and controlling, and lack any understanding of real cities. The work is a condemnation of orthodox planning, especially that based in the work of Ebenezer Howard and Le Corbusier. This entry was posted in Uncategorized on Jby Samuel.Written in 1961, The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs is a seminal work in urban planning. The following example was given in the book where if you were to go to Main St, you would probably run into people you know or your children’s teacher or people you know at work and that I find interesting because it is connected. The 3 type of cities listed above falls into that category but any other type of city will most likely be unsuccessful if they are unable to solve its problemsĬity planners view neighborhood as a small community of about 7000 where it is large enough to support an elementary school, a community center and a shopping place. I found it interesting that to be a successful self-governed city, the city needs to identify its own problem and find a way to resolve it. Any other neighborhood not listed above gets in the way of being self-governed.
According to Jane, a city needs to be governed or independent.
There are three types of cities: a city as a whole, street neighborhoods and district of 10,000 or more. While reading chapter 6 of the Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs, few things caught my attention
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