In chapter 15 Jane Jacobs talk about sluming and unsluming of the neighborhoods. According to Jacobs it is not so easy to unslum the area, because it needs greater amount of public money, but since the area is already undesirable and unattractive, no investments are flowing in. She gives an example of the present urban renewal laws, how government tried to wipe out slums by building new projects intended to get bigger tax yields, but the plan was a complete failure. They just moved the slum and its community from one place to another. Another crucial factor for a slum to unslum is security feeling. If people living there will not be able to walk safely on the streets of their neighborhood and will be scared to get out of their house, the slum will never unslum.
Sunday, March 9, 2008
Chapter 13
In this chapter Jane Jacobs talk about how the diversity can destroy the city in not maintained well. Author gives an example how it is done. Everything starts with “outstanding success” and afterwards usually goes downward, because if the area becomes very popular and everybody wants to live there, work there, hang out there… Over some period of time it becomes overcrowded. If one type of business becomes very successful, since people most of the time look at other peoples actions and successes, more such type businesses will be established up to the level, then nobody is going to make profits. The same example can be used for increasing population of that area. If the area became very popular, more people tend to move in, which eventually will lead to overcrowding.
Thursday, March 6, 2008
Introduction
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Thesis statement
Supporting arguments:
The rise in real estate prices.
Statistics.
More police reinforcement.