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The Image of the City / Kevin Lynch.

By: Material type: TextSeries: Publications of the Joint Center for Urban studiesPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c1960.Description: vii, 194 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 0262120046 (hardcover)
  • 9780262120043 (hardcover)
  • 0262620014 (pbk.)
  • 9780262620017 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 711.40973 22 LYN
Contents:
The image of the environment -- Three cities -- The city image and its elements -- City form -- 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, the authur, 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.
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Short Loan Books Hamu Mukasa Library Closed Access l Short Loan; Level 1 711.40973 LYN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 156858

"Publication of the Joint Center for Urban Studies"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 182-186) and index.

The image of the environment -- Three cities -- The city image and its elements -- City form -- 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, the authur, 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.

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