In her landmark The Death and Life of Great American Cities, Jane Jacobs described the dangers of ge
There are many opportunities to re-urbanize existing declining urban areas. But care must be taken to avoid runaway gentrification.
Therefore:
Implement policies to regenerate existing urban areas in decline, while also assuring that these areas do not tip over into gentrification. Do this by providing a range of new housing at a range of prices, and by expanding opportunities in many palces at once, so that no one place becomes over-heated.
When … Within the Polycentric Region (p. 24), the urban cores also represent a valuable asset for careful regeneration…
Then Promote a more equitable form of urban development with Land Value Tax (p. 182)...
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