What We See: Advancing the Observations of Jane Jacobs Contributor(s): Goldsmith, Stephen A. (Editor), Elizabeth, Lynne (Editor) |
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ISBN: 098155931X ISBN-13: 9780981559315 Publisher: New Village Press OUR PRICE: $25.60 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2010 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - City Planning & Urban Development |
Dewey: 307.121 |
LCCN: 2010012266 |
Physical Information: 1.2" H x 5.9" W x 8.3" (1.35 lbs) 353 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: A timely revisitation of renowned urbanist-activist Jane Jacobs' lifework, What We See invites thirty pundits and practitioners across fields to refresh Jacobs' economic, social and urban planning theories for the present day. Combining personal and professional observations with meditations on Jacobs' insights, essayists bring their diverse experience to bear to sketch the blueprints for the living city. |
Contributor Bio(s): Elizabeth, Lynne: - Lynne Elizabeth is founder and director of New Village Press. She is the past president of Architects/ Designers/ Planners for Social Responsibility (ADPSR), a public-benefit educational organization founded in 1981 that works for peace, environmental protection, social justice, and development of healthy communities.Goldsmith, Stephen A.: - Stephen A. Goldsmith is an urban planner, artist, and scholar, whose wide-ranging projects find their grounding in the wisdom of Jane Jacobs. |