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Overview
In this imaginative and generously illustrated book, Tadahiko Higuchi applies a methodology to landscape that is similar to that developed by Kevin Lynch for investigating the extent to which urban settings are legible and "imageable" to their inhabitants. He identifies features such as landmarks, boundaries, paths, and nodes that enable people moving through a landscape to piece together a reliable mental map of their surroundings, beginning with major structural elements and filling in with successively finer detail.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9780262580946
- ISBN-10: 0262580942
- Publisher: MIT Press
- Publish Date: July 1988
- Dimensions: 10.01 x 7.04 x 0.54 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.89 pounds
- Page Count: 228
- Reading Level: Ages 18-UP
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