Jacobs, Jane, 1916-2006.

The death and life of great american cities / Jane Jacobs - New York : Vintage Books, 1992. - 458 páginas : ilustraciones ; 21 x 17 cm

Originally published: New York : Random House, [1961]. Includes index.

1. Introduction |
Part one. THE PECULIAR NATURE OF CITIES |
2. The uses of sidewalks: safety |
3. The uses of sidewalks: contact |
4. The uses of sidewalks: assimilating children |
5. The uses of neighborhood parks |
6. The uses of city neighborhoods |
Part Two. THE CONDITIONS FOR CITY DIVERSITY |
7. The generators of diversity |
8. The need for primary mixed uses |
9. The need for small blocks |
10. The need for aged buildings |
11. The need for concentration |
12. Some myths about diversity |
Part three. FORCES OF DECLINE AND DEGENERATION |
13. The self-destruction of diversity |
14. The curse of border vacuums |
15. Unslumming and slumming |
16. Gradual money and cataclysmic money |
Part Four DIFFERENT TACTICS |
17. Subsidizing dwellings |
18. Erosion of dries or attrition of automobiles |
19. Visual order: its limitations and possibilities |
20. Salvaging projects |
21. Governing and planning districts |
22. The kind of problem a city is |


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Urbanismo--Estados Unidos
Renovación urbana--Estados Unidos
Política urbana --Estados Unidos

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