· 2015· Book chapter
The Death and Life of Great American Cities
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- 2015year
Short summary
This abstract outlines a book that analyzes the complex dynamics of urban life, focusing on how cities function, the conditions that foster diversity, and the forces that lead to their decline or regeneration.
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Key points
- Analyzes the functional roles of urban infrastructure like sidewalks and parks.
- Identifies key generators of urban diversity: mixed uses, small blocks, old buildings, and concentration.
- Examines forces of urban decline and regeneration, including financial impacts.
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Abstract
1 Introduction Part One: The Peculiar Nature of Cities 2 The uses of sidewalks: safety 3 The uses of sidewalks: contact 4 The uses of sidewalks: assimilating children 5 The uses of neighbourhood parks 6 The uses of city neighbourhoods. Part Two: The Conditions for City Diversity 7 The generators of diversity 8 The need for mixed primary uses 9 The need for small blocks 10 The need for aged buildings 11 The need for concentration 12 Some myths about diversity. Part Three: Forces of Decline and Regeneration 13 The self-destruction of diversity 14 The curse of border vacuums 15 Unslumming and slumming 16 Gradual money and cataclysmic money. Part Four: Different Tactics 17 Subsidizing dwellings 18 Erosion of cities or attrition of automobiles 19 Visual order: its limitations and possibilities 20 Salvaging projects 21 Governing and planning districts 22 The kind of problem a city is Index.
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Field: Urban Studies
Urban StudiesSocial Sciences