ABSTRACT
This chapter describes about the activist and the author Jane Jacobs who wrote extensively on urban studies and was a woman ahead of her time. She wrote, The Death and Life of Great American Cities, which The New York Times said was "Perhaps the most influential single work in the history of town planning." She recommended "four generators of diversity" for cities and economic developments that "create effective economic pools of use": Mixed primary uses, activating streets at different times of the day; short blocks, allowing high pedestrian permeability; Buildings of various ages and states of repair; and density. Jacobs covered the use of neighborhood parks and the use of city neighborhoods. Many consider her the first woman in the security profession.
