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Site Planning - 3rd Edition

by Kevin Lynch

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ISBN13: 9780262121064
ISBN10: 0262121069
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Publisher Comments:

This new edition of Kevin Lynch's widely used introductory textbook has been completely revised; and is also enriched by the experience of Lynch's coauthor, Gary Hack. For over two decades, Site Planning has remained the only comprehensive source of information on all the principal - activities and concerns of arranging the outdoor physical environment. Now, new illustrations double the visual material and one hundred pages of new appendixes cover special techniques, provide references to more detailed technical sources, and put numerical standards in a concise form.

An introduction summarizes the site planning process. This is followed by a case study of a typical professional project and ten chapters which provide new materials on user analysis, programming, site planning for built places, housing tenures and their planning implications, cost estimating, mapping, the reading of air photographs, site design for housing in developing countries, design strategies, environmental impact analyses, and many others - all illustrated with in-text photographs and line drawings and with Lynch's characteristic marginal sketches.

Kevin Lynch is Professor Emeritus of City Planning at MIT and andagrave; partner in Carr, Lynch Associates. Gary Hack is Head of the Department of Urban Studies and planning at MIT

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Reviews of earlier editions of Site Planning noted that: andquot;Whether he is discussing esthetics or pipe sizes, Lynch's writing, conditioned by experience with students, is remarkably clear; but because he is dealing with visual form and spatial relationships, he reassures the reader with hundreds of lucid thumbnail sketches in the margins beside the text; the effect is not unlike an animated film accompaniment.andquot;
- Journal of Architectural Education

Synopsis:

This new edition of Kevin Lynch's widely used introductory textbook has been completely revised; and is also enriched by the experience of Lynch's coauthor, Gary Hack.

Synopsis:

Offers architects, city planners, and civil engineers an introduction to the principles and techniques of harmoniously arranging physical structures.

Synopsis:

Kevin Lynch is Professor Emeritus of City Planning at MIT and ? partner in Carr, Lynch Associates. Gary Hack is Head of the Department of Urban Studies and planning at MIT

Product Details

ISBN:
9780262121064
Author:
Hack, Gary
Author:
Hack, Gary
Author:
Hack, Gary
Publisher:
MIT Press (MA)
Location:
Cambridge, Mass. :
Subject:
Planning
Subject:
City Planning & Urban Development
Subject:
City planning
Subject:
Building sites
Subject:
Building sites -- Planning.
Subject:
General Architecture
Edition Number:
3
Edition Description:
Bibliography: p. 471-481
Series Volume:
no. 17-<18 >
Publication Date:
March 1984
Binding:
Hardcover
Grade Level:
Professional and scholarly
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
507
Dimensions:
9 x 6 in

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