“The public peace of cities is not kept primarily by the police, necessary as police are. It is kept primarily by an intricate, almost unconscious, network of voluntary controls and standards among the people themselves, and enforced by the people themselves.”

About Jane Jacobs

Author and Activist • American-Canadian

Jane Jacobs was an influential American-Canadian author, theorist, and activist who championed a community-based approach to urban planning. Her seminal 1961 book, "The Death and Life of Great American Cities,"...