Good City Form

Name: Good City Form
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ISBN: 9780262620468

ISBN-10: 0262620464

ISBN-13: 9780262620468

Edition: 1981 (Reprint)

Authors: Kevin Lynch

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With the publication of The Image of the City in 1959, Kevin Lynch embarked upon the process of exploring city form. Good City Form is both a summation and an extension of his vision, a high point from which he views cities past and possible. First published in hardcover under the title A Theory of Good City Form

Book details

List price: $60.00
Copyright year: 1981
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 2/23/1984
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 524
Size: 5.83" wide x 9.06" long x 1.22" tall
Weight: 1.980
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.



Prologue: A Naive Question



Values and Cities



Form Values in Urban History



What Is the Form of a City, and How is it Made?



Between Heaven and Hell



Three Normative Theories



But is a General Normative Theory Possible?



A Theory of Good City Form



Dimensions of Performance



Vitality



Sense



Fit



Access



Control



Efficiency and Justice



Some Applications



City Size and the Idea of Neighborhood



Growth and Conservation



Urban Textures and Networks



City Models and City Design



A Place Utopia


Epilogue: A Critique


Appendixes



A Brief Review of Functional Theory



A Language of City Patterns



Some Sources of City Values



A Catalog of Models of Settlement Form


Bibliography


Sources and Credits


Acknowledgments


Index