Urban Nature And Diversity

Jacobs argued about urban renewal critically, comprehensively and wisely with herstrong sense of social responsibility and humanism, while the development of the greatAmerican cities had stepped on the highway in the1950s and1960s. Nowadays Chinaapparently has got her own problems during urbanization process. It could be the propertime for us to work out them using the Jacobs’s bright ideas philosophically, which notonly figures out the solutions to the problems slowing down the urban development, butalso gives a push structuring a whole system of urban philosophy, thereby pacing up theurbanization process of China cities.And the introduction part tells the research background, the purpose, the status,the methods and the structure. Part1summarizes the main point of Jacobs’s urbanphilosophy via re-looking into the nature, the functions and the future of cities. Part2explains the questions of Jacobs’s urban philosophy, affirms the value，in themeanwhile，gives a second thought on the new issues. Part3attempts to introduce aintervention of Marxism on finding out the thread end of all these urban issues，anddiscusses the theoretical significance and the practical significance of the veryphilosophy, and demonstrates the influence on the urbanization process of great Chinacities historically and dialectically.