Aaron's review
The Death and Life of Great American Cities
by Jane Jacobs
Aaron's review
The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs
Aaron's review
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The four principles of city diversity Jacobs proposed (pp. 196-7) are:
1. "The district, an indeed as many of its internal parts as possible, must serve more than one primary function; preferably more than two. These must insure the presence of people who go outdoors on different schedules and are in the place for different purposes, but who are able to use many facilities in common."
2. "Most blocks must be short; that is, streets and opportunities to turn corners must be frequent."
3. "the district must mingle buildings that vary in age and condition, including a good proportion of old ones that they vary in the economic yield they must product. This mingling must be fairly close-grained."
4. There must be a sufficiently dense concentration of people, for whatever purposes they may be there. This includes dense concentration in the case of people who are there because of residence."
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1. "The district, an indeed as many of its internal parts as possible, must serve more than one primary function; preferably more than two. These must insure the presence of people who go outdoors on different schedules and are in the place for different purposes, but who are able to use many facilities in common."
2. "Most blocks must be short; that is, streets and opportunities to turn corners must be frequent."
3. "the district must mingle buildings that vary in age and condition, including a good proportion of old ones that they vary in the economic yield they must product. This mingling must be fairly close-grained."
4. There must be a sufficiently dense concentration of people, for whatever purposes they may be there. This includes dense concentration in the case of people who are there because of residence."
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