What does the city's form actually mean to the people who live there? What can the city planner do to make the city's image more vivid and memorable to the city dweller?

In The Image of The City, Kevin Lynch, supported by studies of Los Angeles, Boston, and Jersey City, answers these questions and formulates a new criterion - imageability - and shows its potential value as a guide for the building and rebuilding of cities.The wide scope of this study leads to an original and vital method for the evaluation of city form.

What does the city's form actually mean to the people who live there? What can the city planner do to make the city's image more vivid and memorable to the city dweller?

In The Image of The City Kevin Lynch, supported by studies of Los Angeles, Boston, and Jersey City, answers these questions and formulates a new criterion - imageability - and shows its potential value as a guide for the building and rebuilding of cities.The wide scope of this study leads to an original and vital method for the evaluation of city form.

The architect, the planner, and certainly the city dweller will all want to read this book.