JANE JACOBS

JANE JACOBS AMERICAN-CANADIAN WRITER AND ACTIVIST WITH PRIMARY INTEREST IN COMMUNITIES AND URBAN PLANNING AND DECAY. SHE IS BEST KNOWN FOR THE DEATH AND LIFE OF GREAT AMERICAN CITIES (1961), A POWERFUL CRITIQUE OF THE URBAN RENEWAL POLICIES OF THE 1950S IN THE UNITED STATES. JACOBS IS EQUALLY WELL KNOWN FOR ORGANIZING GRASSROOTS EFFORTS TO BLOCK URBAN-RENEWAL PROJECTS THAT WOULD HAVE DESTROYED LOCAL NEIGHBORHOODS. WIKI. VIEW HISTORY.