Michael Blowhard provides “an EZ, if half-assed and scattershot, intro” to Jane Jacobs:
For those who would like to scratch a little deeper, let me suggest reading James Kunstler’s interview with Jacobs, Blake Harris’ interview with her, Bill Steigerwald’s q&a with her, and Zompist’s wiki essay about her economic views. Gert-Jan Hospers has written a good short biography of Jacobs. Here’s a quick encounter with Jacobs’ most recent thinking.