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An edition of The Image of the City (1960)

The Image of the City

13th printing

by

  • ★★★★ ★ 4.50 ·
  • 4 Ratings
  • 86 Want to read
  • 5 Currently reading
  • 6 Have read

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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The M.I.T. Press
Language
English
Pages
194

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Subjects
Architecture & Urbanism, Urbanisme, City planning, United States, perception, urbanism, architecture, memory, cities, Environment, Steden, Stadsplanning, Stadtplanung, Stedenbouw, Planejamento Territorial Urbano, Stadsplanering, Areas Metropolitanas, City planning, united states
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Cover of: La imagen de la ciudad
La imagen de la ciudad
November 1998, Gustavo Gili
Paperback in Spanish
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Cover of: The Image of the City
The Image of the City
1990, The M.I.T. Press
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Cover of: L' image de la cité
L' image de la cité
1976, Dunod
in French
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The Image of the City
1975-04, The M.I.T. Press
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Table of Contents

I. The Image of the Environment Page 1 II. Three Cities Page 14 III. The City Image and Its Elements Page 46 IV. City Form Page 91 V. A New Scale Page 118 Appendix A: Some References to Orientation Page 123 Appendix B: The Use of the Method Page 140 Appendix C: Two Examples of Analysis Page 160 Bibliography Page 182 Index Page 187

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"Thirteenth Printing, April 1975"

Series
Publications of the Joint Center for Urban Studies
Copyright Date
1960

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
711.40973
Library of Congress
NA9108 .L9

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
194 p.
Number of pages
194

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL5795447M
Internet Archive
imageofcity00lync
ISBN 10
0262620014
LCCN
60007362
Library Thing
61593

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