Theorist

Jane Jacobs

1916–2006 Urbanism / urban activism

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Details

Nationality: American-Canadian

Classifications

Holder: Individual
Source of authority: ObservationLived experience
Subject: Human centred
Political position: Subaltern resistant
Mode of transmission: Text drawing
Knowledge type: Relational embodied
Epistemic cluster: Western philosophical

Connections

authored The Death and Life of Great American Cities

Sources

Jane Jacobs. The Death and Life of Great American Cities. Random House, 1961.
in Crysler, Cairns & Heynen (eds), The SAGE Handbook of Architectural Theory, SAGE, 2012 — export p. 15 of 20

Cite this entry

First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026

CLAD. "Jane Jacobs." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/theorist/jane-jacobs/. Accessed July 17, 2026.