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April 25, 2006
Jane Jacobs, American-Canadian journalist, author, and activist (born 1916)
Jane Jacobs
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 of city-dwellers.