Jane Jacobs, American-Canadian journalist, author, and activist (born 1916)

Jane Jacobs

American–Canadian journalist, author, and activist (1916–2006)

Jane Isabel Jacobs was an American-Canadian journalist, author, theorist, and activist who influenced urban studies, sociology, and economics. Her book The Death and Life of Great American Cities (1961) argued that "urban renewal" and "slum clearance" did not respect the needs…