A City Cannot Be a Work of Art: Learning Economics and Social Theory From Jane Jacobs

Author:   Sanford Ikeda
Publisher:   Springer Verlag, Singapore
Edition:   1st ed. 2024
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9789819953646


Pages:   400
Publication Date:   15 October 2023
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Sanford Ikeda
Publisher:   Springer Verlag, Singapore
Imprint:   Springer Verlag, Singapore
Edition:   1st ed. 2024
Weight:   0.557kg
ISBN:  

9789819953646


ISBN 10:   9819953642
Pages:   400
Publication Date:   15 October 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Chapter 1.  Introduction.- Chapter 2.  The Continuing Relevance of Jane Jacobs’s Economics and Social Theory.- Chapter 3. A City Is Not a Man-Made Thing.- Chapter 4.  The Paradox of Urban Diversity and Cohesion.- Chapter 5.  Social Networks and Action Space in Cities.- Chapter 6.  The Life and Death of Cities.- Chapter 7.  A Living City is Messy (and What Not to Do About It).- Chapter 8.  Fixing Cities.- Chapter 9.  Cities of the Future.- Chapter 10.  Coda.

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Sanford Ikeda is Professor Emeritus at Purchase College, The State University of New York, a fellow of the Colloquium on Market Institutions and Economics Processes at New York University, and serves on the boards of The Economic Freedom Institute, Cosmos+Taxis, and The Center for the Living City. He is the author of Dynamics of the Mixed Economy (1997). His research focuses on the interconnections among cities, spontaneous social orders, entrepreneurial development, and urban policy.

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