Jane Jacobs et le Québec : sa correspondance inédite et sa présence dans la presse québécoise
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https://doi.org/10.1522/revueot.v33n3.1877Keywords:
Jane Jacobs, urban planning, economy, city dynamismAbstract
The objective of this article is to gather the ideas, writings and relations with Quebec of self-taught journalist and author Jane Jacobs. We share extracts of hitherto unpublished correspondence with Quebec Prime minister René Lévesque, journalist Raymond C. Gagné, economic-geographer Pierre Desrochers and economist Marcel Côté. Also included is a review of Jane Jacobs’ presence in the Quebec press. She is an important subject for Quebec’s economy with her innovative theoretical writings on the dynamism of cities and her political analysis of Quebec. Her correspondence indicates that her theories were adopted by Quebec economists as early as 1969.
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