The image of the city

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The image of the city

Kevin Lynch

(A Publication of the Joint Center for Urban Studies of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University)

M.I.T. Press, c1960

  • : hard
  • : pbk

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Includes bibliography (p. 182-186) and index

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Volume

: hard ISBN 9780262120043

Description

What does the city's form actually mean to the people who live there? What can the city planner do to make the city's image more vivid and memorable to the city dweller? To answer these questions, Mr. Lynch, supported by studies of Los Angeles, Boston, and Jersey City, formulates a new criterion -- imageability -- and shows its potential value as a guide for the building and rebuilding of cities. The wide scope of this study leads to an original and vital method for the evaluation of city form. The architect, the planner, and certainly the city dweller will all want to read this book.
Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780262620017

Description

The classic work on the evaluation of city form. What does the city's form actually mean to the people who live there? What can the city planner do to make the city's image more vivid and memorable to the city dweller? To answer these questions, Mr. Lynch, supported by studies of Los Angeles, Boston, and Jersey City, formulates a new criterion-imageability-and shows its potential value as a guide for the building and rebuilding of cities. The wide scope of this study leads to an original and vital method for the evaluation of city form. The architect, the planner, and certainly the city dweller will all want to read this book.

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  • NCID
    BA01382449
  • ISBN
    • 9780262120043
    • 9780262620017
  • LCCN
    60007362
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Cambridge, Mass.
  • Pages/Volumes
    vii, 194 p.
  • Size
    21 cm
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