The image of the city. txt
Kevin Lynch.
- 194 p. illus. 21 cm. book
- Publications of the Joint Center for Urban Studies .
Includes index.
Includes bibliography.
The Image of the Environment -- Legibility -- Building the Image -- Structure and Identity -- Imageability -- Three Cities -- Boston -- Jersey City -- Los Angeles -- Common Themes -- The City Image and Its Elements -- Paths -- Edges -- Districts -- Nodes -- Land-marks -- Element Interrelations -- The Shifting Image -- Image Quality -- City Form -- Designing the Paths -- Design of Other Elements -- Form Qualities -- The Sense of the Whole -- Metropolitan Form -- The Process of Design -- A New Scale -- Appendices -- Some References to Orientation -- Types of Reference Systems -- Formation of the Image -- The Role of Form -- Disadvantages of Imageability -- The Use of the Method -- The Method as the Basis for Design -- Directions for Future Research -- Two Examples of Analysis -- Beacon Hill -- Scollay Square -- Bibliography -- Index --