1. A City Cannot Be a Work of Art
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Ikeda, Sanford
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social theory ,spontaneous order ,entrepreneurship ,Jane Jacobs ,urban design ,urbanism ,diversity ,innovation ,living city ,economic development ,social capital ,social networks ,action space ,urban planning ,bic Book Industry Communication::R Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning::RG Geography::RGC Human geography ,bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JH Sociology & anthropology::JHB Sociology::JHBA Social theory ,bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JP Politics & government::JPP Public administration ,bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KC Economics ,bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JH Sociology & anthropology::JHB Sociology ,bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KC Economics::KCP Political economy - Abstract
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 Jacobs’s 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 Jacobs’s 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.
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- 2024
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