Main entry:

Samhällsbyggandet som mysterium. English

Title & Author:

Essays on Jane Jacobs / edited by Jesper Meijling, Tigran Haas ; translation: Julie Martin.

Edition:

First edition.

Publication:

Stockholm : Bokförlaget Stolpe, [2019]

Description:

297 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 x 16 cm

Notes:
"This edition is based on Samhällsbyggandet som mysterium. Jane Jacobs idéer om människor städer och ekonomier (Lund: Nordic Academic Press, 2018)"--Colophon.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ch. 1 Who was Jane Jacobs? / Peter L. Laurence -- ch. 2 Cities of Relationships, Not Things / Ebba Hogstrom -- ch. 3 Diversity, Market Value and Gentrification / Catharina Thorn -- ch. 4 The Political Jacobs / Per Svensson -- ch. 5 New Urbanism, Jacobs and the Concept of Change / Jill L. Grant -- ch. 6 The Economies of Nature and Man / Saskia Sassen -- ch. 7 Unpredictability and the Wealth of Cities / Ola Andersson -- ch. 8 The Great Importance of Small Movements / Peter Elmlund -- ch. 9 Apps on the Street / Vania Ceccato -- ch. 10 What was Jacobs Thinking? / Michael W. Mehaffy -- ch. 11 Belief and Knowledge in City Planning / Eva Minoura -- ch. 12 Complexities and Contradictions in Jacobs / Tigran Haas -- ch. 13 What Makes Society Sustainable? / Jesper Meijling -- ch. 14 America's Dark Age / Peter L. Laurence -- ch. 15 Interview: The Trouble We're In, and The Changes to Come / Blake Harris.
In English translated from the Swedish.

Summary:

Jane Jacobs is an icon in urban planning. She became world-famous with her book 'The Death and Life of Great American Cities'. Through her book and her street-level activism in 1960s New York, she became a key figure in urban planning issues, and her efforts following her breakthrough have been continuously interpreted and discussed. In this anthology, thirteen writers consider unique aspects of the burning questions she raises concerning what fundamentally makes a society sustainable. Together the contributors provide a sweeping portrait of Jacobs activities from the 1930s to the 2000s and situate her work in contemporary contexts.

ISBN:

9789198523690 (hardcover)
9198523694 (hardcover)

Subject:

Jacobs, Jane, 1916-2006.
City planning.
Urban renewal.
Rénovation urbaine.
urban renewal.

Added entries:

Meijling, Jesper, editor.
Haas, Tigran, editor.
Martin, Julie (Translator), translator.
Samhällsbyggandet som mysterium.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 308927
Call No.: BIB 254244
Status: Available