Definition of Jane jacobs

1. Noun. United States writer and critic of urban planning (born in 1916).

Exact synonyms: Jacobs
Generic synonyms: Author, Writer

Lexicographical Neighbors of Jane Jacobs

Jan Mayen
Jan Swammerdam
Jan Tinbergen
Jan Vermeer
Jan van Eyck
Jan van der Meer
Janaki
Jane
Jane-of-apes
Jane Austen
Jane Crow
Jane Doe
Jane Does
Jane Fonda
Jane Goodall
Jane Jacobs
Jane Seymour
Jane Sixpack
Janeite
Janeiteism
Janeites
Janelle
Janes
Janet's test
Janets
Janette
Janeway lesion
Janey
Janey Mack
Janian

Literary usage of Jane jacobs

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Urban Condition: Space, Community, and Self in the Contemporary Metropolis by Ghent Urban Studies Team (1999)
"The urbanist jane jacobs wrote this about the usefulness of anonymity and ... 35 jane jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities (1961; reprint. ..."

2. Pennsylvania Archives by Pennsylvania Dept. of Public Instruction, Pennsylvania State Library (1880)
"5,18, 1723, Roberts, Owen, and jane jacobs. 4, 27, 1743, Roberts, Phineas, and Ann Winn, L. 3, 1, 1740, Roberts, Samuel, and Kath. Francis. ..."

3. History of Oregon by Hubert Howe Bancroft (1888)
"Wrisley, born in Middlebury, Vt, in 1819, removed to New York, Michigan, and Wisconsin, where he married Eliza jane jacobs of Iowa co., in 1843. ..."

4. The Register Book of Marriages Belonging to the Parish of St. George by John Henry Chapmen, George John Armytage (1886)
"2 Daniel Wilson (or Wilton) & jane jacobs Jan. 3 James Duffell & Catherine Brookes Jan. 3 Charles Willey, of this parish, & Mary Fisher, of S' James', ..."

5. Solving Crime Problems in Residential Neighborhoods: Comprehensive Changes by Judith D. Feins (1997)
"We owe to jane jacobs an understanding of urban life that incorporates attention to the physical design and human use of spaces in a theory of urban ..."

6. History of the Pacific States of North America by Hubert Howe Bancroft, William Nemos, Henry Lebbeus Oak, Frances Fuller Victor, Alfred Bates (1888)
"John B. Wrisley, born in Middlebury, Vt, in 1819, removed to New York, Michigan, and Wisconsin, where he married Eliza jane jacobs of Iowa co., in 1843. ..."

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