1.

What are some key similarities in the perspectives of these

books on urban planning and design?

What is the relationship between urban design and urban

planning?
“Urban design focuses more on the shape and form of
spaces, as well as people's experiences of a place. Urban
planning focuses on how these spaces function in an
effective way to make people's lives better.
2. What are some notable differences in their perspectives
and focus?

focuses more on the shape and form of spaces, as well as

people's experiences of a place. Urban planning focuses on
how these spaces function in an effective way to make
people's lives better.
Both architects and planners are designers. Both are
concerned with the arrangement, functionality and
appearance of urban spaces. Both conduct urban design
projects. In fact, the field of urban design is commonly
defined as the intersection of architecture and planning.

3. Which book provides the most practical principles or

guidelines for designing urban spaces?

The death of life of great americans

Urban design involves the design of buildings, groups of
buildings, spaces and landscapes, and establishing
frameworks and procedures that will deliver successful
development by different people over time

4. Which book would be most relevant for policymakers?

The death of life of great American it's relevant for
policymakers
Because Jacobs theory argued that the buildings in a district
should be mixed with regard to age and form in order to
ensure diverse economic activity. A diversity of building
types will allow for a diverse range of jobs, including high-,
medium-, and moderate-income jobs.

5. Which of the books makes the most compelling case

against modernist planning?

Jacobs' polemic against urban planning would become its

orthodoxy. Death and Life has been required reading for
students of urban planning for decades. Today they learn of
the failed spaces created by
modernist planners and the geographies of single-use
enclaves and far-flung highways they spawned.

6. If you had to choose one of the books as required reading,

which would you recommend and why?

What is the purpose of The Death and Life of Great American

Cities?
The book is a critique of 1950s urban planning policy, which
it holds responsible for the decline of many city
neighborhoods in the United States.