What We See | Advancing the Observations of Jane Jacobs

Stephen A Goldsmith (u. a.)

ISBN 10: 098155931X / ISBN 13: 9780981559315

Published by New Village Press, 2010

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What We See | Advancing the Observations of Jane Jacobs | Stephen A Goldsmith (u. a.) | Buch | Einband - fest (Hardcover) | Englisch | 2010 | New Village Press | EAN 9780981559315 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: What We See | Advancing the Observations of Jane Jacobs
• Publisher: New Village Press
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 098155931X
• ISBN 13: 9780981559315
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 220W x 151H x 37D millimeters 220 millimeters width by 151 millimeters height by 37 millimeters depth
• Weight: 608 grams
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

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.
The book models itself after Jacobs' collaborative approach to city and community building, asking community members and niche specialists to share their knowledge with a broader community, to work together toward a common goal of building the 21st-century city.
The resulting collection of original essays expounds and expands Jacobs' ideas on the qualities of a vibrant, robust urban area. It offers the generalist, the activist, and the urban planner practical examples of the benefits of planning that encourages community participation, pedestrianism, diversity, environmental responsibility, and self-sufficiency.
Bob Sirman, director of the Canada Council for the Arts, describes how built form should be an embodiment of a community narrative. Daniel Kemmis, former Mayor of Missoula, shares an imagined dialog with Jacobs, discussing the delicate interconnection between cities and their surrounding rural areas. And Roberta Brandes Gratz?urban critic, author, and former head of Public Policy of the New York State Preservation League?asserts the importance of architectural preservation to environmentally sound urban planning practices.
What We See asks us all to join the conversation about next steps for shaping socially just, environmentally friendly, and economically prosperous urban communities.

About the Authors

Stephen A. Goldsmith is an urban planner, artist, and scholar, whose wide-ranging projects find their grounding in the wisdom of Jane Jacobs.

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.