TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lynch,Kevin
TI  - Good City Form
SN  - 0262620464 
AV  - HT166 L96 1984
U1  - 307.7/6/01 19
PY  - 1984///
CY  - Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England
PB  - The MIT Press
KW  - City planning
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Local
KW  - Cities and towns
KW  - History
KW  - Sociology urban
N1  - 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 --
ER  -