Sunday, 21 April 2013

Thoughts on Inclusive Communities


15 April 2013

Can mixing affordable housing and exclusive housing work? Planners work hard to create inclusive spaces but as Jane Jacobs explains in her book The Death and Life of Great American Cities, forced inclusivity rarely works out. Interaction needs space to develop on its own – that is a scary idea to a planner. Our very purpose is to control development, we wouldn’t be doing our job if we didn’t plan for everything!

Book mentioned above:
Jacobs, Jane. 2000. The Death and Life of Great American Cities. London: Pimlico.

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