The Economy of CitiesIn this book, Jane Jacobs, building on the work of her debut, The Death and Life of Great American Cities, investigates the delicate way cities balance the interplay between the domestic production of goods and the ever-changing tide of imports. Using case studies of developing cities in the ancient, pre-agricultural world, and contemporary cities on the decline, like the financially irresponsible New York City of the mid-sixties, Jacobs identifies the main drivers of urban prosperity and growth, often via counterintuitive and revelatory lessons. |
Contents
| 3 | |
How New Work Begins | 49 |
The Valuable Inefficiencies and Impracticalities of Cities | 85 |
How Cities Start Growing 12 | 122 |
Explosive City Growth | 145 |
How Large Cities Generate Exports | 180 |
Capital for City Economic Development | 203 |
Some Patterns of Future Development | 233 |
Diagramed | 252 |
Export Generating in a Large City | 258 |
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