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The image of the city
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The image of the city

Author: Kevin Lynch
Publisher: Cambridge [Mass.] : Technology Press ; MIT Press ; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1960.
Series: Publications of the Joint Center for Urban Studies
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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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, 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  Read more...
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Kevin Lynch
ISBN: 0262120046 9780262120043 0262620014 9780262620017
OCLC Number: 230082
Description: 194 p. illus. 22 cm.
Contents: The image of the environment --
Three cities --
The city image and its elements --
City form --
A new scale.
Series Title: Publications of the Joint Center for Urban Studies
Responsibility: 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, 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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