The classic work on 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? To answer these questions Mr. Lynch supported by studies of
Los Angeles Boston and Jersey City 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.
