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Jane Jacobs

Jane Jacobs
Jane Jacobs (1916–2006) was a writer who for more than forty years championed innovative, community-based approaches to urban planning. Her 1961 treatise The Death and Life of Great American Cities became perhaps the most influential text about the inner workings and failings of cities, inspiring generations of planners and activists.


Jane Jacobs on Civil Disobedience and the Necessity of Resistance

"Civil disobedience is an extension of self-government."
November 8, 2016  By Jane Jacobs
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