The Good City: Reflections and Imaginations, 1st Edition

Cities, Allan B. Jacobs contends, ought to be magnificent, beautiful places to live. They should be places where people can be fulfilled, where they can be what they can be, where there is freedom, love, ideas, excitement, quiet and joy. Cities ought to be the ultimate manifestation of society’s collective achievements. Allan B. Jacobs is one of the world’s best known planners and urban design practitioners, with a long and distinguished international career. Drawing on his professional experience of almost sixty years, Jacobs guides the reader through the lessons he’s learnt as a planner and lover of cities. Cities from Brazil, Italy, India, Japan, China and the US are featured. Written with a wonderfully engaging, humorous tone and Jacobs’ own drawings, The Good City transfers lessons on city design, building and urban change to all those willing to help cities become the magnificent, beautiful places they should be – and encourages all inhabitants to learn to appreciate and explore their own cities.The Good City: Reflections and Imaginations 1st Edition is written by Allan B. Jacobs and published by Routledge. ISBNs for The Good City are 9781136860140, 1136860142 and the print ISBNs are 9780415593502, 0415593506. Additional ISBNs include 9780415593533, 9780203835968, 9781136860157, 9786613435279, 9781283435277, 9781136860102.