Abstract
What impact has Kevin Lynch's imageability concept had on planning and urban design, and most important, on the form of cities? Urban designers, planners, and architects play a crucial role in managing and creating the city image. Techniques are available to the designer for manipulating place images — from changes in physical form or symbolic communications to work on the mental conception. Imageability research has proved to be a rewarding area for investigation and has made substantial contributions to techniques for environmental analysis and citizen involvement in the planning process Ways of connecting the theory and techniques to actual design are now needed. One problem is how to create meaningful environments in a pluralistic, highly mobile society. Another promising area of application is in predicting the image impact of proposed developments
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