![]() Many so-called slums already under this process are still at risk from single-minded planners. This worsens the “key link in the perpetual slum… too many people move out of it too fast,” rather than helping true unslumming, which comes from within and starts when people have reason to stay in their neighborhoods. When such clearances occur, they uproot the residents and dissolve whatever bonds existed. The clearance of supposedly blighted slums in favor of planned projects is one of the first things mentioned in the introduction, and Jacobs makes her displeasure clear throughout. She also defines a new paradigm for urban planning, based in people and the complex truth of cities, which she sees as a “problem of organized complexity.” Throughout the work, she argues that solving the problems of urban life requires a more in depth understanding of the interactions of people and the built environment on every scale.ĭeath and Life includes a number of specific criticisms of the planning environment of the mid-20 th century, starting from one of the significant trends of the time. These ideas, Jacobs argues, are paternalistic and controlling, and lack any understanding of real cities. ![]() ![]() The work is a condemnation of orthodox planning, especially that based in the work of Ebenezer Howard and Le Corbusier. ![]() Written in 1961, The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs is a seminal work in urban planning. ![]()
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