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  1. 23. Sept. 2024 · Jane Jacobs (born May 4, 1916, Scranton, Pa., U.S.—died April 25, 2006, Toronto, Ont., Can.) was an American-born Canadian urbanologist noted for her clear and original observations on urban life and its problems.

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  2. 25. Sept. 2024 · Jane Jacobs on Diversification and Specialization. This recent paper from Challenge (May-June 2005) gives an expanded treatment of Jane Jacobs’ economic thought focusing on her theory of development and growth (or the lack thereof).

  3. 1. Okt. 2024 · Jane Jacobs is best known as a writer about cities and as a vigorous critic of urban planning. The purpose of this paper is to suggest that she should be read as a writer on economic development who focuses on cities as the principal sites of development.

  4. 7. Okt. 2024 · In this lively and engaging informational picture book, award-winning author Susan Hughes provides a fictionalized story of the life of Jane Jacobs, one of the world's greatest urban thinkers and activists. Stylized illustrations by Valérie Boivin perfectly evoke the story's time and place.

  5. 24. Sept. 2024 · Jane Jacobs and Robert Moses star in “Citizen Jane: Battle for the City” documentary, coming to U.S. theaters in...

  6. 12. Okt. 2024 · At first glance, Jane Jacobs, Rachel Carson, Jane Goodall, and Alice Waters have little in common with one another — but these four women, each of whom defied convention, all proved that one voice speaking truth to power can change the world. Author Andrea Barnet shows how each woman found her voice during the ea

  7. 7. Okt. 2024 · Jacobs was a true activist in her time — in the 1960s, she set herself up against powerful people like Robert Moses, and often won. Her work was key in preventing the proposed Lower Manhattan Expressway, which would have bulldozed right through New York's SoHo neighborhood.