AU  - Lynch,Kevin
TI  - The image of the city
T2  - Publications of the Joint Center for Urban Studies
SN  - 9780262620017
AV  - NA9108 L96 1960
PY  - 1960///
CY  - Cambridge [Mass.], Massachusetts ; , London
PB  - Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press
KW  - Urban renewal
KW  - United States
KW  - City planning
N1  - 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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