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The Image of the City

By - Kevin Lynch
Floor - Floor 3
Published - MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass., ©1960
ISBN 10 - 0262620014
ISBN 13 - 9780262620017
Book Status - 1 Qnty Available with us.
Subject - City planning
Shelf No - 1
Call Number - 711.4097 LYN
Physical Description - vii, 194 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Notes - Includes index
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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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