02163nam a22003737a 4500 pucpr 20250514154205.0 120709r19841981maua bi 001 0 eng 83024824 0262620464 pbk. 0262120852 hard 9780262620468 pucpr eng pucpr pucpr rda CARIBET HT166 L96 1984 307.7/6/01 19 Lynch, Kevin 1918-1984. 248385 Theory of good city form Good City Form : Kevin Lynch. txt First paperback edition Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : The MIT Press , 1984. 514 p. ill. ; 23 cm. book rdacontent text txt rdamedia unmediaded n rdacarrier volume nc Originally published: A theory of good city form. c1981. Includes index. Bibliography: p. [459]-483. Contents: Prologue: A Naive Questions 1 -- Part 1 Values and Cities: 1 Forms values in urban history 5 -- 2 What is the form of a city, and how is it made ? 37 -- 3 Between heaven and hell 51 -- 4 Three normative theories 73 -- 5 But is a general normative theory possible ? 99 -- Part II A Theory of Good City Form: 6 Dimensions of performance -- 7 Vitality 121 -- 8 Sense 131 -- 9 Fit 151 -- 10 Access 187 -- 11 Control 205 -- 12 Efficiency and justice 221 -- 13 City size and the idea of neighborhood 239 -- 14 Growth and conservation -- 15 Urban textures and networks 261 -- 16 City models and city design 277 -- 17 A place utopia 319 -- Appendixes: A A Brief Review of Functional Theory 327 -- B A Language of City Patterns 345 -- C Some Sources of City Values 359 -- D A Catalog of Models of Settlement Form 373 -- Bibliography 459 -- Sources and Credits 485 -- Acknowledgments 491 -- Index 493 -- City planning Philosophy. 73701 Local Cities and towns History. 73674 Local Sociology urban 172116 Local lcc 6 HT166 General L96 1984 213567 213567 0 0 lcc 0 0 4 4 33 2009-09-08 amazon 35.06 441823 0 General HT166 L96 1984 91000000000869 2016-05-27 00:00:00 1 45.06 2009-09-08 6