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The image of the city / Kevin Lynch,

By: Language: English Series: Publications of the Joint Center for Urban StudiesPublication details: Cambridge [Mass.] ; Massachusetts ; London Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press, c1960.Description: vii, 194 p. : illus. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780262620017
  • 9780262120043
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • NA9108 L96 1960
Contents:
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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Books Books Hollanda Araştırma Enstitüsü Kütüphanesi / Netherlands Institute in Turkey Library NA9108, L96 1960 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Not For Loan 10122

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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