The Urban Archetypes of Jane Jacobs and Ebenezer – Contradiction and Meaning in…

The Urban Archetypes of Jane Jacobs and Ebenezer HowardContradiction and Meaning in City Form\nAuthor(s): Abraham Akkerman\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Toronto Press, Canada\nImprint: University of Toronto Press\nISBN-13: 9781487501266, 978-1487501266\nSynopsis\nEbenezer Howard, an Englishman, and Jane Jacobs, a naturalized Canadian, personify the twentieth centurys opposing outlooks on cities. Howard envisaged small towns, newly built from scratch and comprised of single-family homes with small gardens, while Jacobs embraced existing inner-city neighbourhoods thatemphasized the verve of the living street. Both figures have had their share of supporters as well as detractors: Howard's conceptualization received criticism for its uniformity and alienation from the city core, whileJacobss urban vision came to be recognized as the result of invasive gentrification.\n\n Presenting Howard and Jacobs within a psychocultural context, The Urban Archetypes of Jane Jacobs and Eb.