What Jane Jacobs Got Wrong About Cities
23rd March 2016
If you are a Jane Jacobs fan, as I am, this will interest you.
… though widely celebrated for her insights and unabashed embrace of dense urbanism, Jacobs may ultimately prove more influential than relevant. Her writing was often incisive and inspiring, particularly when she opposed planning and overdevelopment and embraced the role of middle-class families in cities. But the urban revival that has actually taken place is at variance with her own romantic version of cities and how they work.