Essays on Jane Jacobs

Jane Jacobs (1916-2006) gained international recognition with her groundbreaking book The Death and Life of Great American Cities and became a prominent political activist. But despite early worldwide attention, she remains unknown to many. Jacobs' written work has unusual breadth to it, with eight books ranging from economics and ecology to politics and social philosophy, taking on the whole mystery of society. In this anthology, 13 writers consider unique aspects of Jacobs, reassessing her work in the context of our contemporary reality.

With:
Ola Andersson, Architect, Andersson Arfwedson arkitekter AB; Vania Ceccato, Professor in the School of Architecture and the Built Environment, KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm; Peter Elmlund, Director of Urban City Research, Axson Johnson Foundation; Jill L. Grant, Professor Emerita, Dalhousie University in Halifax; Tigran Haas, Associate Professor in the School of Architecture and the Built Environment, KTH; Ebba H gstr m, researcher, teacher and architect; Peter L Laurence, Associate Professor, Clemson University; Michael W Mehaffy, writer and guest researcher, Centre for the Future of Places (CFP), KTH; Jesper Meijling, researcher, writer and architect, KTH; Eva Minoura, Doctor of Technology; Saskia Sassen, Professor of Sociology, Columbia University; Per Svensson, Political editor of the Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter;and Katharina Th rn, sociologist and lecturer, University of Gothenburg