THE IMAGE OF THE CITY / Kevin Lynch

By:

Lynch, Kevin, 1918-1984 [author.]

Material type: Text

TextUnited States of America : Technology Press & Harvard University Press, 1960Description: 194 pages : illustrations ; 20 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780262620017

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

19 307.7 KEV

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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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Perpustakaan MBIP Medini General Stacks	Non-Fiction book	307.7 KEV 1960 c.1 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		00001311
Book	Perpustakaan MBIP Medini General Stacks	Non-Fiction book	307.7 KEV 1960 c.2 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	2	Available		00001312

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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