The Evaluative Image of the City

This volume builds on the work of Kevin Lynch whose key 1960 work <b>The Image of the City</b> transformed the way design professionals and social scientists deal with urban form and design.</p><p></p><p>The author explores further the role of human evaluations of the cityscape and describes how to assess plan and design the appearance of cities to please the inhabitants. He presents a series of studies on evaluative images discusses methodologies findings and applications to design and planning at various stages.