Image of the City

Name: Image of the City
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ISBN: 9780262620017

ISBN-10: 0262620014

ISBN-13: 9780262620017

Edition: 1960

Authors: Kevin Lynch

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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.

Book details

List price: $29.00
Copyright year: 1960
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 6/15/1964
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 202
Size: 5.24" wide x 7.95" long x 0.35" tall
Weight: 0.660
Language: English

Kevin Lynch (1918-1984) studied with Frank Lloyd Wright at Taliesin and later obtained a Bachelor of City Planning degree from MIT. After a long and distinguished career on the faculty of the MIT School of Architecture and Urban Planning, he was named Professor Emeritus of City Planning.




The Image of the Environment



Three Cities



The City Image and Its Elements



City Form



A New Scale



Some References to Orientation



The Use of the Method



Two Examples of Analysis


Bibliography


Index