The Economy of Cities

In 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.

Author: Jane Jacobs
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 02/12/1970
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.41lbs
Size: 7.26h x 4.37w x 0.85d
ISBN13: 9780394705842
ISBN10: 039470584X
BISAC Categories:
- Business & Economics | Economics | General
- Business & Economics | Industries | General
- Business & Economics | Economic History

About the Author
Jane Jacobs was the legendary author of The Death and Life of Great American Cities, a work that has never gone out of print and that has transformed the disciplines of urban planning and city architecture. Her other major works include The Economy of Cities, Systems of Survival, The Nature of Economies and Dark Age Ahead. She died in 2006.