The Death and Life of a Reluctant Urban Icon: A Review Essay on Jane Jacobs: Urban Visionary by Alice Sparberg Alexiou (Toronto: Harpercollins Publishers, 2006)
22 Pages Posted: 15 Dec 2008
Date Written: December 1, 2007
Abstract
This review essay discusses the life of urban theorist Jane Jacobs through a review of Alice Sparberg's Alexiou recent biography.
Keywords: Jane Jacobs, jacobs spillovers, jacobs externalities
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Desrochers, Pierre, The Death and Life of a Reluctant Urban Icon: A Review Essay on Jane Jacobs: Urban Visionary by Alice Sparberg Alexiou (Toronto: Harpercollins Publishers, 2006) (December 1, 2007). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1315985 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1315985
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