TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lynch,Kevin
TI  - The image of the city
T2  - Publications of the Joint Center for Urban Studies
SN  - 9780262120043
U1  - 711.40973 21
PY  - 1960///
CY  - Cambridge [Mass.]
PB  - Technology Press
KW  - City planning
KW  - United States
N1  - Includes bibliography
N2  - 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
UR  - http://repository.fue.edu.eg/xmlui/handle/123456789/4471
ER  -