The Death and Life of Great American Cities Society & Culture Aisling O'Carroll

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The Death and Life of Great American Cities Society & Culture Aisling O'CarrollIn this classic text, Jane Jacobs set out to produce an attack on current city planning and rebuilding and to introduce new principles by which these should be governed. The result is one of the most stimulating books on cities ever written. Throughout the post war period, planners temperamentally unsympathetic to cities have been let loose on our urban environment. Inspired by the ideals of the Garden City or Le Corbusier's Radiant City, they have