Title:
Good city form
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Publication Information:
Cambridge, Mass.: The MIT Pr., 1981
ISBN:
9780262620468
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Summary
Summary
A summation and extension of Lynch's vision for the exploration of city form.
With the publication of The Image of the City in 1959, Kevin Lynch embarked upon the process of exploring city form. Good City Form is both a summation and an extension of his vision, a high point from which he views cities past and possible. First published in hardcover under the title A Theory of Good City Form.
Author Notes
Kevin Lynch (1918-1984) studied with Frank Lloyd Wright at Taliesin and later obtained a Bachelor of City Planning degree from MIT. After a long and distinguished career on the faculty of the MIT School of Architecture and Urban Planning, he was named Professor Emeritus of City Planning.
Table of Contents
| Prologue: A Naive Question | p. 1 |
| Part I Values and Cities | |
| 1 Form Values in Urban History | p. 5 |
| 2 What Is the Form of a City, and How is it Made? | p. 37 |
| 3 Between Heaven and Hell | p. 51 |
| 4 Three Normative Theories | p. 73 |
| 5 But is a General Normative Theory Possible? | p. 99 |
| Part II A Theory of Good City Form | |
| 6 Dimensions of Performance | p. 111 |
| 7 Vitality | p. 121 |
| 8 Sense | p. 131 |
| 9 Fit | p. 151 |
| 10 Access | p. 187 |
| 11 Control | p. 205 |
| 12 Efficiency and Justice | p. 221 |
| Part III Some Applications | |
| 13 City Size and the Idea of Neighborhood | p. 239 |
| 14 Growth and Conservation | p. 251 |
| 15 Urban Textures and Networks | p. 261 |
| 16 City Models and City Design | p. 277 |
| 17 A Place Utopia | p. 293 |
| Epilogue: A Critique | p. 319 |
| Appendixes | |
| A A Brief Review of Functional Theory | p. 327 |
| B A Language of City Patterns | p. 345 |
| C Some Sources of City Values | p. 359 |
| D A Catalog of Models of Settlement Form | p. 373 |
| Bibliography | p. 459 |
| Sources and Credits | p. 485 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 491 |
| Index | p. 493 |
