美国记者简·雅各布斯的那本曾在城市规划学界引发“地震”的著作——《美国大城市的死与生》最近由译林出版社推出中文版,旋即受到各方关注。简·雅各布斯是我非常敬佩的记者,最初得知她的大名还是在10多年前,一位前辈学者对我说,记者应该在城市建设领域扮演更为积极的角色,比如,当今世界公认的一部城市学名著即由一位女记者写成, The book by Jane Jacobs, the American journalist who once caused the “Earthquake” in the city planning community, “The Death and Life of a Metropolitan in the United States,” was recently launched by the Yilin Press in the Chinese version and has immediately drawn the attention of all parties. Jane Jacobs was a reporter I admired very much. When I first learned that her name was still more than 10 years ago, a senior scholar told me that journalists should play a more active role in the field of urban construction. For example, in today’s world Recognized as a city school name by a female reporter wrote,