Directory of Jacobs, Jane Resources

Home > Arts > Literature > Authors > J > Jacobs, Jane

1916- . Self-taught expert on cities and author of The Death and Life of Great American Cities (1961), a groundbreaking work.

Resources in This Category

• Guardian Unlimited Obituaries: Jane Jacobs

  http://www.theguardian.com/society/2006/apr/28/communities.guardianobituaries
  Obituary for the urban philosopher, born May 4, 1916; died April 25, 2006.

• Jane Jacobs: Writing on the Web

  http://www.preservenet.com/theory/Jacobs.html
  Links to excerpts and full text of Jacobs' writings on cities and other topics.

• The Nature of Economies

  http://www.quebecoislibre.org/000429-3.htm
  Review of this book by Jacobs in Le Quebecois Libre, April 2000.

• Urban Planning Guru Jane Jacobs on the Traps We Set for Ourselves

  http://www.canoe.ca/AllAboutCanoesNewsMar00/27_urb.html
  Canadian Press interview and profile on the occasion of the publication of "The Nature of Economies." March 2000.

Related Categories

• Home > Science > Social Sciences > Urban and Regional Planning

 

Home > Arts > Literature > Authors > J > Jacobs, Jane

 

---

 

Thanks to DMOZ, which built a great web directory for nearly two decades and freely shared it with the web. About us