This open access book connects Jane Jacobs's celebrated urban analysis to her ideas on economics and social theory. While Jacobs is a legend in the field of urbanism and famous for challenging and profoundly influencing urban planning and design, her theoretical contributions although central to her criticisms of and proposals for public policy are frequently overlooked even by her most enthusiastic admirers. This book argues that Jacobss insight that a city cannot be a work of art underlies both her ideas on planning and her understanding of economic development and social cooperation. It shows how the theory of the market process and Jacobss theory of urban processes are useful complements an example of what economists and urbanists can learn from each other. This Jacobs-cum-market-process perspective offers new theoretical, historical, and policy analyses of cities, more realistic and coherent than standard accounts by either economists or urbanists.
This open access book connects Jane Jacobs's celebrated urban analysis to her ideas on economics and social theory. While Jacobs is a legend in the field of urbanism and famous for challenging and profoundly influencing urban planning and design, her theoretical contributions although central to her criticisms of and proposals for public policy are frequently overlooked even by her most enthusiastic admirers. This book argues that Jacobss insight that a city cannot be a work of art underlies both her ideas on planning and her understanding of economic development and social cooperation. It shows how the theory of the market process and Jacobss theory of urban processes are useful complements an example of what economists and urbanists can learn from each other. This Jacobs-cum-market-process perspective offers new theoretical, historical, and policy analyses of cities, more realistic and coherent than standard accounts by either economists or urbanists.
Über den Autor
Sanford Ikeda is Professor Emeritus at Purchase College, The State University of New York, a fellow of the Colloquium on Market Institutions and Economics Processes at New York University, and serves on the boards of The Economic Freedom Institute, Cosmos+Taxis, and The Center for the Living City. He is the author of Dynamics of the Mixed Economy (1997). His research focuses on the interconnections among cities, spontaneous social orders, entrepreneurial development, and urban policy.
Zusammenfassung
Offers the only extended, scholarly treatment of Jane Jacobs's economics and social theory
Connects Jane Jacobs's ideas on trust, social cooperation, and innovation to social-network theory
Combines in an accessible way insights from economics, sociology, and urban planning and design
This book is open access, which means that you have free and unlimited access
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. The Continuing Relevance of Jane Jacobs's Economics and Social Theory.- Chapter 3. A City Is Not a Man-Made Thing.- Chapter 4. The Paradox of Urban Diversity and Cohesion.- Chapter 5. Social Networks and Action Space in Cities.- Chapter 6. The Life and Death of Cities.- Chapter 7. A Living City is Messy (and What Not to Do About It).- Chapter 8. Fixing Cities.- Chapter 9. Cities of the Future.- Chapter 10. Coda.
