Good City Form

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ISBN: 9780262620468 | 0262620464
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 2/23/1984

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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

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Prologue: A Naive Question	p. 1
Values and Cities
Form Values in Urban History	p. 5
What Is the Form of a City, and How is it Made?	p. 37
Between Heaven and Hell	p. 51
Three Normative Theories	p. 73
But is a General Normative Theory Possible?	p. 99
A Theory of Good City Form
Dimensions of Performance	p. 111
Vitality	p. 121
Sense	p. 131
Fit	p. 151
Access	p. 187
Control	p. 205
Efficiency and Justice	p. 221
Some Applications
City Size and the Idea of Neighborhood	p. 239
Growth and Conservation	p. 251
Urban Textures and Networks	p. 261
City Models and City Design	p. 277
A Place Utopia	p. 293
Epilogue: A Critique	p. 319
Appendixes
A Brief Review of Functional Theory	p. 327
A Language of City Patterns	p. 345
Some Sources of City Values	p. 359
A Catalog of Models of Settlement Form	p. 373
Bibliography	p. 459
Sources and Credits	p. 485
Acknowledgments	p. 491
Index	p. 493
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