The death and life of great American citiesPDF电子书下载

1 Introduction 3

Part One THE PECULIAR NATURE OF CITIES 27

2 The uses of sidewalks:safety 29

3 The uses of sidewalks:contact 55

4 The uses of sidewalks:assimilating children 74

5 The uses of neighborhood parks 89

6 The uses of city neighborhoods 112

Part Two THE CONDITIONS FOR CITY DIVERSITY 141

7 The generators of diversity 143

8 The need for primary mixed uses 152

9 The need for small blocks 178

10 The need for aged buildings 187

11 The need for concentration 200

12 Some myths about diversity 222

Part Three FORCES OF DECLINE AND REGENERATION 239

13 The self-destruction of diversity 241

14 The curse of border vacuums 257

15 Unslumming and slumming 270

16 Gradual money and cataclysmic money 291

Part Four DIFFERENT TACTICS 319

17 Subsidizing dwellings 321

18 Erosion of cities or attrition of automobiles 338

19 Visual order:its limitations and possibilities 372

20 Salvaging projects 392

21 Governing and planning districts 405

22 The kind of problem a city is 428

Index 449