The Urbanist’s Lens22 Feb 2025

How Did Jane Jacobs Challenge Conventional Urban Planning in 'The Death and Life of Great American Cities'?

In this episode of The Urbanist’s Lens, hosts Drew and Andrea explore the groundbreaking ideas of Jane Jacobs as presented in her seminal book The Death and Life of Great American Cities. The episode dives deep into Jacobs' bold critique of 1950s urban planning policies, which prioritized large-scale developments and top-down approaches that often-disrupted thriving communities.

The Urbanist’s Lens is written and produced by Andro Madrogaba.

REFERENCES

Jacobs, J. (1961). The death and life of great American cities. Random House.

Flint, A. (2009). Wrestling with Moses: How Jane Jacobs took on New York's master builder and transformed the American city. Random House.

Klemek, C. (2011). The transatlantic collapse of urban renewal: Postwar urbanism from New York to Berlin. University of Chicago Press.

Laurence, P. L. (2016). Becoming Jane Jacobs. University of Pennsylvania Press.

Page, M., & Mennel, T. (Eds.). (2011). Reconsidering Jane Jacobs. APA Planners Press.

Schubert, D. (Ed.). (2014). Contemporary perspectives on Jane Jacobs: Reassessing the impacts of an urban visionary. Ashgate.

Zipp, S. (2010). Manhattan projects: The rise and fall of urban renewal in Cold War New York. Oxford University Press.

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