Visual and Spatial Structure of Landscapes

by Tadahiko Higuchi

Book 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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262580942
• ISBN13: 9780262580946
• Release Date: July 1988
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.0" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher