This volume builds on the work of Kevin Lynch whose key 1960 work The Image ofthe City transformed the way design professionals and social scientists dealwith u... » 

This volume builds on the work of Kevin Lynch whose key 1960 work The Image ofthe City transformed the way design professionals and social scientists dealwith urban form and design.The author explores further the role of human evaluations of the cityscape anddescribes how to assess plan and design the appearance of cities to please theinhabitants. He presents a series of studies on evaluative images discussesmethodologies findings and applications to design and planning at variousstages. «