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It was Jane Jacobs! But i think it's great that i went fishing for one reference and got many pertinent ones. Thanks HN.

Perhaps Jane Jacobs, "The Death and Life of Great American Cities"?

Jane Jacobs?

I was going to post her name. Jane Jacobs wrote, among other books:

- Cities and the Wealth of Nations

- The Death and Life of Great American Cities

- The Economy of Cities

Her last book, in 2004, was ominously titled "Dark Age Ahead".

Incidentally, I worked down the street from where she lived at the time of her death (the Annex, in Toronto). Her ideas were a recurring topic at the pub, the Duke of York.

You may be thinking of Richard Florida - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Florida - he talked about economic megaregions in his book 'The Rise of the Creative Class'.

Edward Glaeser?

His book, Triumph of the City, is a good read on urban economics.