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  • The Death and Life of Great American Cities

    de Jane Jacobs ...
    Thirty years after its publication, The Death and Life of Great American Cities was described by The New York Times as "perhaps the most influential single work in the history of town planning....[It] can also be seen in a much larger context. It is first of all a work of literature; the descriptions of street life as a kind of ballet and the bitingly satiric account of traditional planning theory ... Leer más

    $196 MXN

  • The Death and Life of Great American Cities

    de Jane Jacobs ...
    In this classic text, Jane Jacobs set out to produce an attack on current city planning and rebuilding and to introduce new principles by which these should be governed. The result is one of the most stimulating books on cities ever written.Throughout the post-war period, planners temperamentally unsympathetic to cities have been let loose on our urban environment. Inspired by the ideals of the ... Leer más

    $380 MXN

  • Muerte y vida de las grandes ciudades

    de Jane Jacobs ...
    Traducido por Ángel Abad, Ana Useros ...
    Series series Entrelíneas
    Cincuenta años después de su publicación, Muerte y vida de las grandes ciudades es, según el New York Times, " probablemente el libro más influyente en la historia de la planificación urbana". Jane Jacobs, columnista y crítica de arquitectura de principios de los años sesenta, afirmaba que la diversidad y la vitalidad de las ciudades estaban siendo destruidas por algunos arquitectos y urbanistas ... Leer más

    $199 MXN o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Dark Age Ahead

    de Jane Jacobs ...
    In this indispensable book, urban visionary Jane Jacobs argues that as agrarianism gives way to a technology-based future, we’re at risk of cultural collapse. Jacobs—renowned author of The Death and Life of Great American Cities and The Economy of Cities—pinpoints five pillars of our culture that are in serious decay: community and family; higher education; the effective practice of science; ... Leer más

    $115 MXN

  • The Nature of Economies

    de Jane Jacobs ...
    From the revered author of the classic The Death and Life of Great American Cities comes a new book that will revolutionize the way we think about the economy.Starting from the premise that human beings "exist wholly within nature as part of natural order in every respect," Jane Jacobs has focused her singular eye on the natural world in order to discover the fundamental models for a vibrant ... Leer más

    $174 MXN

  • Systems of Survival

    A Dialogue on the Moral Foundations of Commerce and Politics

    de Jane Jacobs ...
    With intelligence and clarity of observation, the author of The Death and Life of Great American Cities addresses the moral values that underpin working life.In Systems of Survival, Jane Jacobs identifies two distinct moral syndromes—one governing commerce, the other, politics—and explores what happens when these two syndromes collide. She looks at business fraud and criminal enterprise, ... Leer más

    $174 MXN

  • Cities and the Wealth of Nations

    de Jane Jacobs ...
    In this eye-opening work of economic theory, Jane Jacobs argues that it is cities—not nations—that are the drivers of wealth. Challenging centuries of economic orthodoxy, in Cities and the Wealth of Nations the beloved author contends that healthy cities are constantly evolving to replace imported goods with locally-produced alternatives, spurring a cycle of vibrant economic growth. Intelligently ... Leer más

    $166 MXN

  • Jane Jacobs: The Last Interview

    and Other Conversations

    de Jane Jacobs ...
    “Jane Jacobs is the kind of writer who produces in her readers such changed ways of looking at the world that she becomes an oracle, or final authority.” —The New York SunHailed by the New York Times Book Review as “perhaps the single most influential work in the history of town planning,” Jane Jacobs’s The Death and Life of Great American Cities was instantly recognized as a masterpiece upon its ... Leer más

    $215 MXN

  • Morte e vida de grandes cidades

    de Jane Jacobs ...
    Com um texto muito envolvente, Jane Jacobs escreve sobre o que torna as ruas seguras ou inseguras; sobre o que vem a ser um bairro e sua função dentro do complexo organismo que é a cidade; sobre os motivos que fazem um bairro permanecer pobre enquanto outros se revitalizam. A autora explica o papel benéfico das casas funerárias e das janelas das moradias, os perigos do excesso de dinheiro para a ... Leer más

    $249 MXN

  • The Economy of Cities

    de Jane Jacobs ...
    In this book, Jane Jacobs, building on the work of her debut, The Death and Life of Great American Cities, investigates the delicate way cities balance the interplay between the domestic production of goods and the ever-changing tide of imports. Using case studies of developing cities in the ancient, pre-agricultural world, and contemporary cities on the decline, like the financially irresponsible ... Leer más

    $166 MXN

  • 偉大城市的誕生與衰亡:美國都市街道生活的啟發

    The Death and Life of Great American Cities

    Traducido por 吳鄭重 ...
    Series series 現代名著譯叢
    讓規劃大師霍華德「田園城市」、建築巨擎科比意「光輝城市」黯然失色的經典名著!世紀好書、永恆必讀經典!超越時間與空間、跨越世代的城市之心2006年4月25日,哥倫比亞廣播公司、《紐約時報》、《華盛頓郵報》等北美各大媒體紛紛以大篇幅報導一名沒有大學文憑和「專業」背景的老太太過世,這就是《偉大城市的誕生與衰亡》一書的作者,珍‧雅各。這是她的第一本書,也是成名之作,一本徹底顛覆當時歐美規劃理論的經典之作。1961年剛出版時,便以淺白易懂的庶民觀點,深入人心。歷經半個世紀,它的影響力至今持續不墜。本書以城市生理學的角度出發,指出城市的規劃與重建,首重了解城市神秘和複雜的運作方式,以及城市人的真實生活。書的第一部分從許多真實案例中歸納出街道鄰里在都市生活中的重要地位。第二部分聚焦一個普遍性原則,就是城市需要一個非常複雜、細緻、多樣化的土地利用形態,在經濟和社會各方面不時相互支持。這也是作者的論述核心 ... Leer más

    $172 MXN

  • Vital Little Plans

    The Short Works of Jane Jacobs

    de Jane Jacobs ...
    A career-spanning selection of previously uncollected writings and talks by the legendary author and activistNo one did more to change how we look at cities than Jane Jacobs, the visionary urbanist and economic thinkerwhose 1961 book The Death and Life of Great American Cities started a global conversation that remains profoundly relevant more than half a century later.Vital Little Plans is an ... Leer más

    $174 MXN