The Image of the city / Kevin Lynch

By:

Lynch, Kevin [author]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Massachusetts : The M.I.T. Press, Cambridge, c1960.Description: 194 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmISBN:

9780262620017

Subject(s):

CITY PLANNING

LOC classification:

NA 9108 .L96 1960

Contents:

I. The image of the Environment -- II. Three Cities -- III. The City Image and Its Elements -- IV. City Form -- V. A New scale.

Summary: 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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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	National University - Manila	LRC - Architecture General Circulation	Environmental Planning	GC NA 9108 .L96 1960 c.2 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	c.2	Available		NULIB000020594
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I. The image of the Environment -- II. Three Cities -- III. The City Image and Its Elements -- IV. City Form -- V. A New scale.

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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