Season 4: Ep 4: Jane Jacobs and the challenges of city planning.

In this episode of Light Cities and Architecture , we explore the legacy of urbanist and writer Jane Jacobs and her 1961 book, The Death and Life of Great American Cities . Jacobs’ work challenged the planning ideologies of her time—rejecting top-down zoning, soulless high-rises, and sweeping expressways in favour of cities shaped organically by the people who live in them. Her ideas have…