The Routledge Guidebook to Jane Jacobs' The Death and Life of Great American Cities
Author:   Peter Laurence (Clemson University, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9780415533690


Pages:   288
Publication Date:   01 January 2021
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Peter Laurence (Clemson University, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
ISBN:  

9780415533690


ISBN 10:   0415533694
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   01 January 2021
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Not yet available   Availability explained
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Part 1: Jane Jacobs and The Death and Life of Great American Cities Introduction Part 2: Reading Death and Life 1. Introduction 2. The Peculiar Nature of Cities 3. The Conditions for City Diversity 4. Forces of Decline and Regeneration 5. Different Tactics 6. The Kind of Problem a City Is Part 3: Considering Death and Life 7. Rhetoric and Criticism 8. Sources, Methodology, and Theory 9. Scientific Confirmation and Consilience Part 5: Discussing Death and Life 10.Historiography 11. Death and Life at the Turn of its Second Half Century. Bibliography

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Peter Laurence is Assistant Professor in the College of Architecture at Clemson University. In various capacities he has been studying Jacobs's work for fifteen years.

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