SOC 191 Quiz 1 | Questions with 100% Correct Answers | Updated & Verified

What are the goals of the "orthodox" urban planners ("Garden city" theorists, LeCorbusier etc.) whom Jacobs criticizes? - To create a utopia with their cities, exerting their own paternal authority, rejection of the city itself What makes for safe urban streets? Why, according to Jacobs, does Los Angeles have such a high crime rate? What is the most important factor that generates "eyes upon the street"? - Safe urban streets are resistant to barbarianism and open crime. Often times busy streets are safe streets. The vendors are the most important factor in generating eyes upon the street as if they stay open late people can see. Thinning out a city does not reduce its crime rate Why is diversity important? What are the four conditions needed to generate diversity? - Without diversity a city becomes stagnant, dull and without commerce leading to a sense of insecurity 1. The district must serve more than one primary function, 2. Blocks must be short, 3. Mingle buildings that vary in age and importance, 4. Dense concentration of people Why does Jacobs argue for a mixture of "primary uses" in the city? What does she mean by "secondary" diversity? What is the point she is making when she compares good urban planning to playing chess? - Primary uses bring people to them due to their actual identity like factories or offices, when they put people on the street at different times, then the primary uses become stimulating. Secondary diversity are those enterprises that grow in response to primary use. Because you must organize and find the best use for each individual piece of the city.