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		<title>Jacobs, Jane -- The Death and Life of Great American Cities, Foreword (1993 ed.)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whenever and wherever societies have flourished and prospered rather than stagnated and decayed, creative and workable cities have been at the core of the phenomenon. Decaying cities, declining economies, and mounting social troubles travel together. The combination is not coincidental.]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Whenever and wherever societies have flourished and prospered rather than stagnated and decayed, creative and workable cities have been at the core of the phenomenon. Decaying cities, declining economies, and mounting social troubles travel together. The combination is not coincidental.</p>
<br><b>Jane Jacobs</b> (1916-2006) American-Canadian journalist, author, urban theorist, activist <br><i>The Death and Life of Great American Cities</i>, Foreword (1993 ed.) 
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