A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
International conference 'Jane Jacobs 100', Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Architecture, 24-25 May 2016
Jane Jacobs has been a highly influential thinker in urban design and town planning debates for the past half-century. She authored publications that became classics in urban studies literature, such as The Life and Death of Great American Cities (1961) and Cities and the Wealth of Nations (1984), and left behind a number of pioneering studies on urban economics and the primacy of cities in states. In May 2016, Jacobs would have had her 100th birthday. To celebrate this occasion, TU Delft and Erasmus University College Rotterdam in the Netherlands took on the challenge of organizing a conference wholly dedicated to critically discussing Jacobs's legacy and relevance for the twenty-first century. The The organizers emphasized that this was the only academic conference in the world dedicated to Jane Jacobs. The conference attracted about 150 participants and was held in the marvelous buildings of the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment at TU Delft.
International conference 'Jane Jacobs 100', Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Architecture, 24-25 May 2016
Jane Jacobs has been a highly influential thinker in urban design and town planning debates for the past half-century. She authored publications that became classics in urban studies literature, such as The Life and Death of Great American Cities (1961) and Cities and the Wealth of Nations (1984), and left behind a number of pioneering studies on urban economics and the primacy of cities in states. In May 2016, Jacobs would have had her 100th birthday. To celebrate this occasion, TU Delft and Erasmus University College Rotterdam in the Netherlands took on the challenge of organizing a conference wholly dedicated to critically discussing Jacobs's legacy and relevance for the twenty-first century. The The organizers emphasized that this was the only academic conference in the world dedicated to Jane Jacobs. The conference attracted about 150 participants and was held in the marvelous buildings of the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment at TU Delft.
International conference 'Jane Jacobs 100', Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Architecture, 24-25 May 2016
Hartmann, Thomas (author) / Basta, Claudia
2017
Article (Journal)
English
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