Title & Author:

What we see : advancing the observations of Jane Jacobs / edited by Stephen Goldsmith and Lynne Elizabeth.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

Oakland, CA : New Village Press, ©2010.

Description:

xxvi, 353 pages : portrait ; 22 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Jane Jacobs and the "battle for the street" / Ray Suarez -- The mirage of the efficient city / Sanford Ikeda -- The intelligence of informality / Nabeel Hamdi -- The Tao of urbanism : integrating observation with action / Nan Ellin -- Nine ways of looking at ourselves (looking at cities) / Arlene Goldbard -- The logic of small pieces : a story in three ballets / Mindy Thompson Fullilove -- Of things seen and unseen / Alexie M. Torres-Fleming -- The fine arts of seeing : professions, places, arts, and urban design / Rob Cowan -- Between utopias / Deanne Taylor -- Cities and the wealth of places / Daniel Kemmis -- Elizabeth Macdonald and Allan Jacobs, Queen Street -- Jane Jacobs and Toronto / Kenneth Greenberg -- The Toronto experience / David Crombie, Jane Jacobs -- The village inside / Matias Sendoa Echanove & Rahul Srivastava -- The obligation to listen, learn, and teach-patiently / James Stockard -- Built form and the metaphor of storytelling / Robert Sirman -- Steps toward a just metropolis / Chester Hartman -- Illuminating Germany : observations on urban planning policies in the light of Jane Jacobs / Peter Zlonicky -- Reviving cities / Jaime Lerner -- Recognizing what works : a conscious emulation of life's genius / Janine Benyus -- "Co-development" as a principle for next generation infrastructure / Hillary Brown -- Jane Jacobs basics / Richard Register -- Jane Jacobs : environmental preservationist / Roberta Brandes Gratz -- For you Jane / Jan Gehl -- Think of a city and what comes to mind? : its streets / Janette Sadik-Khan -- The needs of children in contemporary cities / Clare Cooper Marcus -- When places have deep economic histories / Saskia Sassen -- The grace of import replacement / Susan Witt -- Rethinking "Jacobs spillovers," or how diverse cities actually make individuals more creative and economic successful / Pierre Desrochers & Samuli Leppl -- Beyond green jobs to green economic development and qualitative sustainable development : seeking a new paradigm / Ron Shiffman.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

Leading thinkers offer fresh insight into the workings of vibrant, ecological, equitable communities and their economies.

ISBN:

9780981559315 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
098155931X (hardcover ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Jacobs, Jane, 1916-2006.
Jacobs, Jane, (1916-2006)
City planning.
Urban renewal.
Community development.
Urban policy.
Rénovation urbaine.
Politique urbaine.
urban renewal.
Vie urbaine Cas, Études de.
steden
towns
stedelijke planning
urban planning
stadsontwikkeling
urban development
stadsomgeving
urban environment
stadsvernieuwing
beleid
policy
Urban Plans
Urban Ecology
Urban Society
Stedelijke plannen
Stadsecologie
Stedelijke samenleving

Form/genre:

Essays.

Added entries:

Goldsmith, Stephen Arthur, 1954-
Elizabeth, Lynne.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 267429
Call No.: BIB 199427
Status: Available