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Good city form /

By: Lynch, Kevin, 1918-1984 [author.].
Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 1984Description: 514 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.Content type: text | text | still image Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 0262620464; 9780262620468; 9780262620468; 0262120852; 9780262120852.Other title: A theory of good city form.Subject(s): City planning -- Philosophy | Architecture | Sociology, Urban | Cities and towns -- HistoryDDC classification: 711.4 LYN
Contents:
Forms 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 -- Dimensions of performance -- Vitality -- Sense -- Fit -- Access -- Control -- Efficiency and justice -- City size and the idea of neighborhood -- Growth and conservation -- Urban textures and networks -- City models and city design -- A place utopia.
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Standard Loan Standard Loan ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection 711.4 LYN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 0062602
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 459-483) and index.

Forms 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 -- Dimensions of performance -- Vitality -- Sense -- Fit -- Access -- Control -- Efficiency and justice -- City size and the idea of neighborhood -- Growth and conservation -- Urban textures and networks -- City models and city design -- A place utopia.

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