The image of the city /
Kevin Lynch,
- Cambridge [Mass.] ; Massachusetts ; London Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press, c1960.
- vii, 194 p. : illus. ; 22 cm.
- Publications of the Joint Center for Urban Studies. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 182-186) and index.
I. The Image of the Environment : Legibility, Building the Image, Structure and Identity, Imageability -- II. Three Cities : Boston, Jersey City, Los Angeles, Common Themes -- III. The City Image and Its Elements : Paths, Edges, Districts, Nodes, Landmarks, Element Interrelations, The Shifting Image, Image Quality -- IV. City Form : Designing the Paths, Design of Other Elements, Form Qualities, The Sence of the Whole, Metropolitan Form, The Process of Design -- V. A New Scale -- Appendices -- A. Some References to Orientation : Types of Reference Systems, Formation of the Image, The Role of Form, Disadvantages of Imageability -- B. The Use of the Method : The Method as the Basis for Design, Directions for Future Research -- C. Two Examples of Analysis : Beacon Hill, Scollay Square.
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Urban renewal--United States. City planning--United States.