people
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: Jane Jacobs

community design
type: Concept
narrower: Jane Jacobs

key people in libertarianism
type: Concept
narrower: Jane Jacobs

key people in urban studies
type: Concept
narrower: Jane Jacobs

Jane Jacobs
type: Concept
definition: Jane Jacobs, a pioneering urbanologist, social theorist, and activist, is best known for The Death and Life of Great American Cities, published in 1961. Her stated objective was to overthrow the rationalistic urban design theories and heavy-handed practices of the day, best illustrated by the “radiant-city” concept of the architect Le Corbusier and the municipal mega-development policies of the urban planner Robert Moses.To Jacobs, a living city cannot conform to a single rational or aesthetic ideal because it poses a “problem of organized complexity” that emerges from the free interaction of millions of individuals. [Source: The Encyclopedia of Libertarianism; Jacobs, Jane (1916–2006)]
broader: urban and suburban life
broader: key people in urban studies
broader: key people in libertarianism
broader: key people in community studies
broader: community design

urban and suburban life
type: Concept
narrower: Jane Jacobs

key people in community studies
type: Concept
narrower: Jane Jacobs