The image of the city / Kevin Lynch.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Publications of the Joint Center for Urban StudiesPublication details: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The M.I.T. Press, 1960.Description: 194 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 262620014
  • 262120046
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 711.40973
LOC classification:
  • NA 9108 .L9 1960
Online resources:
Partial 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." -- from the internet.
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BOOKS BOOKS Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library General Stacks The Karl H. Niebyl Collection NA 9108 .L9 1960 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not For Loan NPML20120013

Includes appendices: A. Some references to orientation -- B. The use of the method -- C. Two examples of analysis.

"Publication of the Joint Center for Urban Studies. This book is one of a series published under the auspices of the Joint Center for Urban Studies, a cooperative venture of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University." -- from title page verso.

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

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." -- from the internet.

From the library of Karl and Elizabeth Niebyl.

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