Good City Form

Book

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Historic Charleston Foundation

Name/Title

Good City Form

Entry/Object ID

2014.002.113

Description

Contents: Values and Cities: Form values in urban history -- What is the form of a city, and how is it made? -- Between heaven and hell -- Three normative theories -- But is a general normative theory possible? Theory of Good City Form: Dimensions of performance -- Vitality -- Sense -- Fit -- Access -- Control -- Efficiency and justice Some Applications: City size and the idea of neighborhood -- Growth and conservation -- Urban textures and networks -- City models and city designs -- A place Utopia Epilogue: A critique Appendices: A brief review of functional theory -- A language of city patterns -- Some sources of city values -- A catalog of models of settlement 514 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. (softcover)

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Library

Acquisition

Accession

2014.002

Source or Donor

New Library Catalog Records (2014)

Acquisition Method

Found in Collection

Lexicon

Search Terms

City planning--Philosophy, Sociology, Urban, Cities and towns--History

Book Details

Author

Lynch, Kevin, 1918-1984

Publisher

MIT Press

Place Published

Location

Cambridge, MA

Date Published

circa 1981

Call No.

HT166 .L96 1984

ISBN

0262620464

LCCN

83024824

Notes

Copy No.: 0

Location

Location

Building

Missroon Library

Category

Permanent

Date

February 7, 2023

General Notes

Note

Notes: By Kevin Lynch. Originally published: A theory of good city form. c1981. Includes bibliographical references (p. [459]-483) and index.

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Create Date

December 30, 2014

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Update Date

February 17, 2023