Work
The Death and Life of Great American Cities
Explore in the Atlas →Influential critique of modernist planning, advocating density, mixed use and vibrant street life.
Settlement
Details
- Type
- Text
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
Referenced by
- Jane Jacobs authored
Sources
- Jane Jacobs. The Death and Life of Great American Cities. Random House, 1961.
Cite this entry
First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026
CLAD. "The Death and Life of Great American Cities." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/work/the-death-and-life-of-great-american-cities/. Accessed July 17, 2026.