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BL
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584265
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b413484
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| Main Entry
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Jacobs, Jane,1916-2006
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| Title & Author
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The death and life of great American cities /\ Jane Jacobs
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| Edition Statement
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Vintage books ed
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Vintage Books,, 1992
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| Page. NO
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458 pages :: illustrations ;; 21 cm
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| ISBN
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067974195X
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: 9780679741954
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| Notes
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Originally published: New York : Random House, [1961]
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Includes index
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| Contents
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The peculiar nature of cities. The uses of sidewalks : safety -- The uses of sidewalks : contact -- The uses of sidewalks : assimilating children -- The uses of neighborhood parks -- The uses of city neighborhoods -- The conditions for city diversity. The generators of diversity -- The need for primary mixed uses -- The need for small blocks -- The need for aged buildings -- The need for concentration -- Some myths about diversity
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Forces of decline and regeneration. The self-destruction of diversity -- The curse of border vacuums -- Unslumming and slumming -- Gradual money and cataclysmic money -- Different tactics. Subsidizing dwellings -- Erosion of cities or attrition of automobiles -- Visual order : its limitations and possibilities -- Salvaging projects -- Governing and planning districts -- The kind of problem a city is
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| Abstract
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Penetrating analysis of the functions and organization of city neighborhoods, the forces of deterioration and regeneration, and the necessary planning innovations
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| Subject
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City planning-- United States
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Urban renewal-- United States
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Urban policy-- United States
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| LC Classification
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HT167.J33 1992
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