The first Jane Jacobs International Medal for individual contributions to urban planning will be announced by the Rockerfeller Foundation and the Municipal Art Society of New York later this week. The award was instituted in 2007 to recognise individuals who “create new ways of seeing and understanding cities” and “creatively use the built environment to make cities places of hope and expectation”. 

This year, the $100,000 prize (Rs 67 lakh approximately) was opened to international nominees for the first time in honour of Jane Jacobs' 100th birth anniversary. The award ceremony will be held in Equador in mid-October.

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