The image of the city.

By:

Lynch, Kevin, 1918-1984

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Publications of the Joint Center for Urban StudiesPublication details: Cambridge [Mass.] Technology Press, 1960.Description: 194 p. ill. 22 cmISBN:

9780262620017

Subject(s):

City planning -- United States

DDC classification:

711.40973

LOC classification:

NA9108 .L9

Online resources:

https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/image-city

Summary: Summary 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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Includes bibliography.

Summary
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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