The Death and Life of Great American Cities
by Jane Jacobs
Leo Hollis says: This book sums up these new ideas of putting people first – that the city is complex but not a place that needs to be rationalised
Edward L Glaeser: Jacobs pointed out innumerable ways in which people are connected by proximity and the virtues of dense living. How urban inhabitants, for instance, work together to keep cities safe.
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