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Author:   Sonia Hirt (Virginia Tech, USA) ,  Diane Zahm (Virginia Tech, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.690kg
ISBN:  

9780415525992

ISBN 10:   0415525993
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   27 June 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Jane Jacobs, Urban Visionary Sonia Hirt Part 1: Jane Jacobs, Urban Philosopher 2. The Right and the Good in Jane Jacobs’ Urbanism Paul Kidder 3. The ‘Sidewalk Ballet’ in the Work of Henri Lefebvre and Manuel Delgado Ruiz Benjamin Fraser 4. Jane Jacobs, Modernity and Knowledge Sonia Hirt 5. Jane Jacobs and Citizen Participation James Stockard Part 2: Jane Jacobs, Urban Economist 6. Economic Development from a Jacobsian Perspective Sanford Ikeda 7. What Would Jane Jacobs See in the Global City? Place and Social Practices Saskia Sassen Part 3: Jane Jacobs, Urban Sociologist 8. Infrastructure, Social Injustice, and the City: Parsing the Wisdom of Jane Jacobs Marie-Alice L’Heureux 9. Jane Jacobs, Jim Crow and the Madness of Borders Mindy Fullilove Part 4: Jane Jacobs, Urban Designer 10. Jane Jacobs and the Diversity Ideal Emily Talen 11. Diversity and Mixed Use: Lessons from Medieval China Jing Xie 12. Jane Jacobs’ Relevance in Beirut Ibrahim Maarouf and Hassan Abdel-Salam 13. Jane Jacobs and Diversity of Use of Public Open Spaces in Thailand Kan Nathiwutthikun 14. Revisiting Jane Jacobs’ ‘Eyes on the Street’ for the 21st Century: Evidence from Environmental Criminology Paul Cozens and David Hillier 15. Jane Jacobs and the Theory of Placemaking in Debates of Sustainable Urbanism Anirban Adhya 16. Making the Familiar Strange: Understanding Design Practice as Cultural Practice B.D. Wortham-Galvin 17. Jane Jacobs and Designing Cities as Organized Complexity Jonathan Barnett

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The book, The Urban Wisdom of Jane Jacobs, follows a structure of her main contributions as philosopher, urban economist, urban sociologist and urban designer, trying to go beyond the general assumption of Jane Jacobs as only-urbanist and offering an extensive perspective of how she was able to build a strong vision of urban life from different perspectives. Manu Fernandez, Ciudades a escala humana, August 2012

This new collection of essays takes on a great task with variety, ease, and precision... The essays are short and dense, so the reader can get to the core of the matter, something Jacobs would have liked. - Journal of Urban Affairs A rich collection of essays from a wide range of thoughtful contributors...The breadth and depth of this collection is impressive, including an analysis of Jacobs's eyes-on-the-street framework in the context of crime in the 21st-century built environment. Her principles are also analyzed in the context of such diverse topics and contexts as urban form in medieval China, open and public space in Thailand, and redevelopment in Beirut. - Journal of the American Planning Association, May 2013 The book, The Urban Wisdom of Jane Jacobs, follows a structure of her main contributions as philosopher, urban economist, urban sociologist and urban designer, trying to go beyond the general assumption of Jane Jacobs as only-urbanist and offering an extensive perspective of how she was able to build a strong vision of urban life from different perspectives. - Manu Fernandez, Ciudades a escala humana, August 2012

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Sonia Hirt and Diane Zahm are both Associate Professors in Urban Affairs and Planning at the College of Architecture and Urban Studies at Virginia Tech.

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